Charles Ichabod Wright (18 September 1828 – 9 May 1905)
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politician who sat in the

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from 1868 to 1870. Copy_of_CharlesIchabodWright

Wright was born at

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the son of the

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Ichabod Charles Wright Ichabod Charles Wright (11 April 1795 – 14 October 1871) was an English scholar, translator, poet and accountant. He is best known for his translation of important works of Italian literature, notably the works of Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. ...

and his wife Theodosia Denman. He was educated at

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and Christ Church, Oxford.Debretts Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> His great grandfather had founded a bank and Wright became a banker in the firm of I and IC Wright & Co.British Census 1881 RG11 2170/57 P37 He also served for many years in the volunteers in

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, of which he became lieutenant colonel. He was also a J.P. for

. Wright was elected as one of the two

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(MPs) for the constituency of

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at the 1868 general election. He resigned from parliament in 1870, due to ill health, by the procedural device of accepting the appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. In 1871 Wright was living at

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, Sussex where his father died.Ichabod Charles Wright

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Wright owned Watcombe Park between Newton Abbot and

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(now known as Brunel Manor) where he and his family were living in 1881. Later he was living at Hartendale Frensham Surrey, where he died at the age of 76. He was buried at the church of St Thomas on the Bourne Farnham. Wright married Blanche Louise Bingham, eldest daughter of Henry Bingham, in 1852.

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* 1828 births 1905 deaths Wright family of Nottingham Military personnel from Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 People from Bramcote People educated at Windlesham House School People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People from Burwash British bankers Burials in Surrey 19th-century British Army personnel {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub