Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet (10 October 1764 – 1 April 1821), also 12th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician. Edmonstone was the third son of

Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet (10 October 1717 – 20 July 1807), also 11th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician. Born at Dumbarton, Silver Banks, he was the son of Archibald Edmonstone, 10th of Duntreath, and his wife Anne Campbell ( ...

. He was educated at

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and subsequently at

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. Having been called to the Bar, he was one of the six clerks in Chancery until the time of his father's death. In 1806, he was elected Member for

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, but he lost his seat in the general election of the following year. In 1812, he became member of parliament for

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and held the seat until his death. A

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like his father, he supported Lord Liverpool's government during the later part of the

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. Edmonstone married firstly, Emma, daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of

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, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He married secondly on 5 December 1804 Louisa Hotham (9 October 1778 – 30 August 1840), daughter of

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, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. His second daughter, Louisa Henrietta, married John Kingston of Demerara in 1829.''La Belle Assemblee'', London, January 1830, p. 46. He died at

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in 1821, apparently from a stroke, aged fifty eight, and was succeeded by his eldest son.

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