Spencer Charrington (24 May 1818 – 11 December 1904) was an English brewer and

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politician. Charrington was the son of Nicholas Charrington and his wife Harriet Milward. His father was a brewer of the firm of

Charringtons Charrington Brewery was founded in Bethnal Green, London, in the early 18th century by Robert Westfield. In 1766, John Charrington joined the company, which then traded as Westfield, Moss & Charrington from the Anchor Brewery in Stepney. It merge ...

which was based at the Anchor Brewery in

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East London. Charrington became one of the partners in the family firm, and became its chairman on the death of his brother Edward in 1888. He was also a Vice-President of the Brewers' Society. In 1881 he lived at Great Gearies,

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but was subsequently of

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, Hertfordshire. Charrington was elected MP for

in 1885. He owed his election in the Conservative cause to the support of the large number of his brewery workers. He held the seat for nearly 20 years until his death at the age of 86, by which time he was the oldest member in the House of Commons. Charrington married Alethe Charlotte Pauline Calmeyer who was from Norway. One of their sons was killed in Egypt and another served in the Boer War.Anglo Boer War CMG Recipients
/ref> Charrington and his wife are commemorated on a memorial to their son in Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside.

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* 1818 births 1904 deaths English brewers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Masters of the Worshipful Company of Brewers UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 19th-century English businesspeople {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub