Sir Cornelius Marshall Warmington, 1st Baronet QC (5 June 1842 – 12 December 1908) was an English barrister and

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politician. Warmington was born at

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. He became a member of the

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and was invested as

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in 1882. In 1885 he was elected as

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for West Monmouthshire. He held the seat for 10 years, and gave it up in 1895 to make way for William Vernon Harcourt. Warmington was at various times Treasurer and Master of Middle Temple. He was created a

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, of

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, on 28 July 1908, six months before his death. Warmington married Anne Winch daughter of Edward Winch of Chatham William James Gordon-Gorman ''Converts to Rome : a biographical list of the more notable converts to the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom during the last sixty years'' (1910)
/ref> and they had a family. His son Denham succeeded to the baronetcy.

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* 1842 births 1908 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Members of the Middle Temple People from Colchester 19th-century King's Counsel UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 {{Wales-UK-MP-stub