Charles Aldworth (1677 - 21 September 1714) was an English politician, MP for New Windsor from 1712 to 1714. Charles Aldworth was the son of the King's Auditor, William Aldworth of

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, and his wife, Anne. He was the cousin of Richard Aldworth of Stanlake Park, paternal grandfather of Richard Aldworth, 2nd Baron Braybrooke. In 1700 Charles succeeded his father, who had secured a long lease on Frogmore, but was forced to move out with his two sisters in 1709. Aldworth was educated at

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, matriculating there in 1693, after which he studied law at the

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, where he was

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in 1703. Recommended by the

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, he was returned as MP for New Windsor in 1712. He sat as MP until his 1714 death in a duel: Colonel Chudleigh, a whig army officer, accused Aldworth of

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and profited from Aldworth's physical disability by shooting him dead in the duel which followed. He was unmarried and had provided for his unmarried sisters by selling part of his inheritance.

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1677 births 1714 deaths Politicians killed in duels Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for New Windsor British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub