Charles Newdigate Newdegate Explained

Charles Newdigate Newdegate (14 July 1816 – 9 April 1887) was a British Conservative politician.^[1] In Hansard the spelling is Newdegate.

Early life

He was the only son of Charles Parker Newdigate Newdegate^[2] of Harefield Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, and his wife, Maria Boucherett, of Lincolnshire. He was educated at Eton College, King's College London, and Christ Church, Oxford. He became a large landowner at a young age: in 1833 he inherited the Harefield Estate on his father's death, and two years later his uncle died leaving him Arbury Hall near Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Member of parliament

In 1843 Newdegate was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire. He held the seat until its abolition under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. In parliament he formed part of the "Ultra" wing of the Tories, opposing the recreation of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, free trade and the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland.

Newdegate was also elected as a member of the Chilvers Coton (Warwickshire) Local Board of Health in 1850, whereupon he was appointed Chairman of that Board.^[3]

He died at Arbury Hall in April 1887, and was buried in Harefield Church, a building which he had personally spent much money restoring.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Newdegate, Charles Newdigate (1816–1887). John Wolffe. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/20000 . 27 April 2010.
2. Charles Parker was the grandson of Milliscent Newdigate, first cousin of Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet. Parker, who had assumed the additional surname of Newdigate, inherited the Warwickshire estates on the Baronet's death in 1806, at the same time adding a third surname of Newdegate. Book: Burke, John . A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honours, Volume 2 . 1836 . Colbourn . London . 701 . Web site: Harefield: Manors . 1962 . A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington . 240–246 . British History Online. 27 April 2010.
3. The National Archives (UK); Document Reference: MH 13/137, folios 64-65
4. Web site: Harefield: Church . 1962 . A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington . 252–256 . British History Online. 27 April 2010.