Charles Frederick (MP)
Sir Charles Frederick KB (21 December 1709 – 18 December 1785) was a British Member of Parliament.
He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frederick, sometime Governor of Fort St David, and a younger brother of Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1733.[1] Frederick was Member of Parliament for New Shoreham from 1741 to 1754 and for Queenborough from 1754 to 1784. He was briefly Father of the House from June 1784. Sir Charles Frederick also served as Clerk of the Deliveries and then Surveyor General at the Board of Ordnance, and was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1761.
On 18 August 1746 he married Lucy, daughter of the first Viscount Falmouth, by whom he had issue. His great-grandson Charles Edward later succeeded to the family title as seventh Baronet.
References
- ↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by John Frederick John Phillipson |
Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1741–1754 With: Thomas Brand 1741–47 Robert Bristow 1747–54 |
Succeeded by Robert Bristow Richard Stratton |
| Preceded by Thomas Newnham Richard Evans |
Member of Parliament for Queenborough 1754–1784 With: Sir Peircy Brett 1754–74 Sir Walter Rawlinson 1774–84 |
Succeeded by John Clater Aldridge George Bowyer |
| Preceded by The Earl Nugent |
Father of the House 1784 |
Succeeded by The Lord Mendip |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by Andrew Wilkinson |
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1746–1750 |
Succeeded by John Staunton Charlton |
| Preceded by Thomas Lascelles |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1750–1782 |
Succeeded by Thomas Pelham |
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