Charles Cecil Martyn Explained

Charles Cecil Martyn
Office:Member of Parliament
for Southampton
Term Start:2 July 1841
Term End:6 May 1842
Predecessor:Adam Haldane-Duncan
Abel Rous Dottin
Successor:Alexander Cockburn
Brodie McGhie Willcox
Alongside:Humphrey St John-Mildmay
Birth Date:1809
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Charles Cecil Martyn (1809 – 3 September 1866)[1] was a British Conservative politician.[2]

Martyn was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Southampton at the 1841 general election, but lost the seat the next year when his election was declared void due to bribery by his agents.[3] [4] [2]

His father was white, whilst his mother was a “woman of colour” from India.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 1 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181009200407/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons3.htm. 9 October 2018 . usurped . 8 August 2018.
  2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 134–136 .
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 279.
  4. News: Limerick Chronicle . 2 December 2018 . 11 May 1842 . 3–4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/31/discovering-britains-first-asian-mp