Charles Lushington 1785 - 1866
Charles Lushington , M.P. Ashburton 1833-41, Westminster 1847-52, K.LCS. 1800-27; hom 14 April, 1785. There is a picture at the National Portrait Gallery, London " NPG P426 Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864 (Charles Lushington; Hon. G.N. Taylor; Sir Charles EdwardTrevelyan, 1st Bt; Sir Henry Wylie Norman; Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn; Sir Henry Marion Durand; John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence; Robert...) probably by Bourne & Shepherd, ca. 1860" M.P. for Westminster 1847-52. He married twice. East India Company servant, sec. to the Govt. of Bengal, 1823-7. On returning to England he was elected to parliament for Ashburton, 1835-41, and then for Westminster, 1847-52. He was a reformer, favouring the ballot, triennial parliaments, and the extension of the suffrage. He opposed all religious privileges, and published three works on religious questions. S. M. Waddams, `Lushington, Stephen (1782-1873)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17213, accessed 23 Sept 2005]
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| Born: London, , , England 14th Apr 1785 | Baptised: St. Marylebone, London, , , England Jun 1785
| | Died: 118 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex, England 23rd Sep 1866 | Buried:
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Timeline
| 14th Apr 1785 | Born London, England | | Jun 1785 | Baptised London, England | | 1805 | Married Sarah Gascoigne
(Lushington ) ante 1790 - 1839 | | 2nd Oct 1844 | Married | | 23rd Sep 1866 | Died Brighton, Sussex, England |
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