Charles Goring (1817–1849) Explained

Charles Goring
Office:Member of Parliament
for New Shoreham
Term Start:3 July 1841
Term End:19 April 1849
Predecessor:Charles Burrell
Harry Goring
Successor:Charles Burrell
Alexander Gordon-Lennox
Birth Date:14 July 1817
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Charles Goring (14 July 1817 – 17 November 1849)[1] was a British Conservative politician and first-class cricketer.[2] [3]

Goring was the son of Charles Goring (1744–1797) and Mary née Ballard, and brother of John Goring (born 1824). He was educated at Winchester College,[4] and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1835. He graduated B.A. there in 1843, and M.A. in 1847. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1836 to 1838, making four appearances.[5]

Goring was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for New Shoreham at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his death in 1849.[6] [2] He married Juliana Mary Caroline Dixie, daughter of Sir William Willoughy Wolstan Dixie, 7th Baronet on 19 September 1849, but died two months later.[3] His brother, William Goring, was also a first-class cricketer.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "N" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 2 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015041711/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons2.htm. 15 October 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017.
  2. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 93–95 . . 1 December 2018.
  3. Book: Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. I . 1871 . Harrison . London . 524 . Fifth . . 2 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Player profile: Charles Goring . CricketArchive . 2020-04-03 . subscription.
  5. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Charles Goring . CricketArchive . 2020-04-03 . subscription.
  6. 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. 275.