Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (28 December 1778 – 10 February 1858), known as Charles Hanbury until 1798 and as Charles Hanbury Tracy from 1798 to 1838, was a British Whig politician.

Early life

Hanbury-Tracy was born on 28 December 1778. He was the third son of John Hanbury of

Pontypool Park Pontypool Park ( cy, Parc Pont-y-pŵl) is a park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associ ...

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. The family derived its wealth from its ownership of the Pontypool Ironworks. He was educated at

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(1790) and matriculated at

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on 1 February 1796.

Career

Hanbury-Tracy was appointed

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for 1800–01 and

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for 1804–05. He was elected to the

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for

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in 1807 in the Whig interest, a seat he held until 1812 and again from 1832 to 1837. Hanbury-Tracy served as the Chairman of the Commission to judge the designs for the new

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in 1835. In 1838 Hanbury-Tracy was raised to the peerage as Baron Sudeley, of Toddington in the

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. He later served as

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between 1848 and 1858.

Personal life and death

Hanbury-Tracy married his cousin the Hon. Henrietta Susanna Tracy, only child of

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by Susannah Weaver, on 29 December 1798. Five days before the marriage he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Tracy. Through this marriage, the ancient estate of

Toddington Manor Toddington Manor is a 19th-century country house in the English county of Gloucestershire, near the village of Toddington. It is in the gothic style and was designed by Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley for himself and built bet ...

in Gloucestershire came into the Hanbury family. Lord Sudeley at first had the original house renovated, but later constructed a new house in Gothic style nearby. Later still in the 1840s he was responsible for the rebuilding of

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in Montgomeryshire. Lady Sudeley died on 5 June 1839. Lord Sudeley survived her by 19 years and died in February 1858, aged 79. He was succeeded in the barony by his son

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, who also succeeded him as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. Sudeley's younger son the Honourable

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was a politician. They had issue: * Hon Henrietta Hanbury-Tracy *

Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley Thomas Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (5 February 1801 – 19 February 1863), known as Thomas Leigh between 1806 and 1838 and styled The Honourable Thomas Leigh between 1838 and 1839 and The Honourable Thomas Hanbury-Tracy between 1839 a ...

* Hon

Henry Hanbury-Tracy The Honourable Henry Hanbury-Tracy (11 April 1802 – 6 April 1889) was a British Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1838. Hanbury-Tracy was born at Toddington, Gloucestershire, a younger son of Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1 ...

(1802–1889), MP for Bridgnorth Hanbury-Tracy died on 10 February 1858.

Notes

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

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