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Charles Longueville

1678 – 1750

British Member of Parliament (c1678-1750)

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About Charles Longueville

Lived 1678 – 1750 (aged 71–72). Charles Longueville was a British politician.

Charles Longueville (c. 1678–1750) was a British lawyer and Tory and later Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1741.

Longueville was the eldest son of. William Longueville, barrister, of Inner Temple and his wife Elizabeth Peyton, daughter. of Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet, of Knowlton, Kent. His grandfather, Sir Thomas Longueville had been forced to sell the family estates of Bradwell, Buckinghamshire in 1650 as a result of the Civil War. He was admitted at Inner Temple on 5 February 1693 and at Clare College, Cambridge on 24 June 1695. In 1702, he was called to the bar. He succeeded his father in 1721.

Longueville was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Downton at the 1715 general election . He voted against the Government in all recorded divisions. In 1721 the committee enquiring into the South Sea Bubble revealed that he had accepted stock from the company without paying for it. At the 1722 general election, he was returned as MP for Great Bedwyn on the Bruce interest. At the accession of George II he obtained a court place as auditor to Queen Caroline. He was returned at the 1727 as MP for East Looe and from then on, supported Walpole's Administration. In 1728 he became a bencher of his Inn. He was returned again for East Looe at the 1734 general election. In 1738 he changed his court post and became auditor to Princesses Amelia and Caroline. He did not stand at the 1741 general election.

Longueville died unmarried on 22 or 25 August 1750 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.

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Important facts

Born
1678
Birth century
Died
1750
Occupation
Education
Clare College
Positions held
Member of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain

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People whose lives overlapped Charles Longueville's

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Who was Charles Longueville?

British Member of Parliament (c1678-1750)

When was Charles Longueville born?

Charles Longueville was born in 1678.

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Charles Longueville died in 1750.

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Charles Longueville was a politician.

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Charles Longueville was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Charles Longueville

· Wikidata: Q36623501

· DBpedia: Charles Longueville

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