Charles Small Pybus (1766–1810) was an English barrister and politician.

Life

He was the second son of the banker John Pybus and his wife Martha Small, born 3 November 1766, in the East Indies. He was educated in at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

. He matriculated at

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in 1781, and in the same year entered

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. He entered the

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in 1784, graduated B.A. in 1786 and M.A. in 1789 at Cambridge, and was

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in 1789. Pybus was elected Member of Parliament for

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, where there was a family connection, at a by-election in 1789. He impressed

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with early parliamentary speeches: others found him vain and pretentious. He became a

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in 1791, and then a

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from 1797. He held his seat until 1802. He died unmarried on 5 September 1810.

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1766 births 1810 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Inner Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Dover Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dover British MPs 1796–1800 British MPs 1790–1796 UK MPs 1801–1802 Lords of the Admiralty {{England-UK-MP-stub