Family and Education
b. c. 1721, o.s. of Francis Whitworth, M.P., by Joan Windham of Clarewell, Glos.; nephew of Charles, 1st Baron Whitworth [I], M.P., and 1st cos. of Richard Whitworth. educ. Westminster 1730-8; L. Inn 1738. m. 1 June 1749, Martha, da. of Richard Shelley, commr. of the stamp office, and niece of Sir John Shelley, 4th Bt., M.P., who; a sister of the Duke of Newcastle, 3 surv. s. 4 surv. da. suc. fa. 6 Mar. 1742; Kntd. 19 Aug. 1768.
Offices Held
For a short time served in the army. Lt.-gov. Gravesend and Tilbury 1758 – d. chairman of ways and means May 1768 – d.
Main residences: Leyborne, Kent; Blackford, Som.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
WHITWORTH, Charles (c.1721-78)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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