Charles Perceval, 7th Earl of Egmont

Charles George Perceval, 7th Earl of Egmont (15 June 1845 – 5 September 1897)^[1] was a British peer and Conservative Party politician of the Victorian era.

On 19 September 1868, he was commissioned a cornet in the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry.^[2]

He was elected at the general election in February 1874 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the parliamentary borough of Midhurst in Surrey.^[3] However, he succeeded to the peerage on 2 August that year, taking both the Irish title of Earl of Egmont and the title Baron Arden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter title gave him a seat in House of Lords, thereby vacating his seat in the House of Commons.^[4] He was promoted from lieutenant to captain in the Yeomanry on 25 November 1874.^[5]

On 8 April 1878, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.^[6] He sold the family estates around Churchtown, County Cork in 1889.^[7]

Notes

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
2. The London Gazette: no. 23985. p. 2786. 10 June 1873.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 211. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "E" (part 1)
5. The London Gazette: no. 24154. p. 5608. 24 November 1874.
6. The London Gazette: no. 24570. p. 2456. 9 April 1878.
7. Spencer, Howard (2009). "PERCEVAL, Henry Frederick John James, Visct. Perceval (1796-1841)". In Fisher, David. The House of Commons 1820-1832. The History of Parliament Trust.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Perceval (later Earl of Egmont)