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]