Charles Wykeham Martin DL (11 September 1801 – 30 October 1870) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the

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in three periods between 1841 and 1870.

Biography

Martin was born Charles Wykeham the son of Fiennes Wykeham of

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Maidstone and his wife Eliza Bignell, daughter of Richard Bignell. He was educated at

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and at

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. In 1821 his father assumed the additional name of Martin. He was a Fellow of the

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, a corresponding member of the Academy d'Archeologie de Belgique, and a Fellow of the

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. He was also a lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd Battalion Kent Volunteers and a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Kent and a J.P. for Hampshire. Martin stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Newport (Isle of Wight) in 1837 but was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport in 1841. He lost the seat at Newport in 1852 and stood unsuccessfully at

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in 1853. He was elected MP for

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at a by-election in 1857 as a Liberal but lost the seat in 1859. At the 1865 general election he was elected MP for Newport again and re-elected in 1868 when representation was reduced to one member. He held the seat until his death in 1870. Martin died at the age of 69 at

on 30 October 1870. Martin married firstly in 1828, Lady Jemima Isabella Cornwallis, daughter of

James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis (20 September 1778 – 21 May 1852), known as James Cornwallis until 1814 and as James Mann between 1814 and 1823 and styled Viscount Brome between 1823 and 1824, was a British peer and Tory politician. Background ...

. She died in 1836 and he married secondly in 1838, Matilda Trollope daughter of Sir John Trollope, 6th Baronet. His son

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was MP for Rochester. His second son

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took the surname Cornwallis in 1859 by Royal licence in accordance with an inheritance from Caroline Cornwallis. Charles Wykeham Martin is the grandfather of

Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis, (27 May 1864 – 26 September 1935) was a British Conservative politician. Early life Lord Cornwallis was born 27 May 1864 at Chacombe Priory, Banbury, Oxfordshire, the eldest ...

, the great-grandfather of

Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982), was a British peer, cavalry officer and amateur cricketer. He served during the First World War and was later prominent in public life in the county of ...

, and the great-great grandfather of

Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis Fiennes Neil Wykeham Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, OBE, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (29 June 1921 – 6 March 2010) was a British peer. He was the younger child, and the only son, of Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis and Cecily Etha Mary ...

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