Charles Wetherell

Sir Charles Wetherell (1770 – 17 August 1846) was an English lawyer, politician and judge.

Wetherell was born in Oxford, the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell, of Durham, Master of the University College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. His mother was Richarda Croke (1743?-1812), sister of Sir Alexander Croke, of Studley Priory, Oxfordshire.

Wetherell was Member of Parliament for a considerable period, representing Rye from 1812 to 1813, Shaftesbury from 1813 to 1818, Oxford from 1820 to 1826. He was elected MP for Hastings in 1826 but had to stand down when appointed Attorney-General. He represented Plympton Erle from December 1826 to 1830 and Boroughbridge from 1830 to 1832.

He was Solicitor-General between 1824 and 1826 and Attorney General between 20 September 1826 and 27 April 1827 and again between 19 February 1828 and 29 June 1829. In May 1829, Wetherell made a violent speech in opposition to Catholic Emancipation, and was dismissed by the Duke of Wellington. He was Recorder of Bristol during the riots of 1831. From 1835 up to his death in 1846 he was Chancellor of Durham.

Wetherell was twice married, first, in 1826, with his cousin Jane-Sarah-Elizabeth Croke (1804–1831). They had a son, Charles, who died in infancy. In 1838 he married Harriet-Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Warneford.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Sir Henry Sullivan
    Thomas Phillipps Lamb
    Member of Parliament for Rye
    1812 – 1813
    With: Thomas Phillipps Lamb
    Succeeded by
    Richard Arkwright
    Thomas Phillipps Lamb
    Preceded by
    Richard Bateman-Robson
    Hudson Gurney
    Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
    1813 – 1818
    With: Edward Kerrison
    Succeeded by
    John Bacon Sawrey Morritt
    Henry John Shepherd
    Preceded by
    John Atkyns-Wright
    Frederick St John
    Member of Parliament for Oxford
    18201826
    With: John Ingram Lockhart
    Succeeded by
    James Haughton Langston
    John Ingram Lockhart
    Preceded by
    James Dawkins
    William Scott
    Member of Parliament for Hastings
    Jun. 1826Dec. 1826
    With: Sir William Curtis, Bt
    Succeeded by
    Evelyn Denison
    James Law Lushington
    Preceded by
    George Edgcumbe
    Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus
    Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
    1826 – 1830
    With: Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus
    Succeeded by
    Viscount Valletort
    Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus
    Preceded by
    George Mundy
    Henry Dawkins
    Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
    18301832
    With: Matthias Attwood
    Constituency abolished
    Legal offices
    Preceded by
    Sir John Singleton Copley
    Solicitor-General for England and Wales
    18241826
    Succeeded by
    Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
    Preceded by
    Sir John Singleton Copley
    Attorney-General for England and Wales
    18281829
    Succeeded by
    Sir James Scarlett
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