Family and Education
b. c. 1721, o.s. of Francis Whitworth. educ. Westminster 1730-8; L. Inn 1738. m. 1 June 1749, Martha, da. of Richard Shelley, commr. of the stamp office, niece of Sir John Shelley, 4th Bt., 3 surv. s. 4 surv. da. suc. fa. 1742; Kntd. 19 Aug. 1768.
Offices Held
For a short time served in the army; lt.-gov. Gravesend and Tilbury 1758 – d. chairman of committees of supply and ways and means May 1768 – d.
Main residences: Leybourne, Kent; Blackford, nr. Minehead, Som.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
WHITWORTH, Charles (c.1721-78)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion