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Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721 – 23 August 1778), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1747 and 1778.[1]

Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet

Early life

Sedley was the eldest son of Sir Charles Sedley, 1st Baronet, son of Sir Charles Sedley, illegitimate son of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet.[2]

He was educated at Westminster School and University College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1739.[3]

Career

He succeeded his father in 1730, and sat as Member of Parliament for Nottingham from 1747 to 1754 and 1774 to 1778.[1]

Personal life

Sedley died unmarried in August 1778, when the baronetcy became extinct. He left his estate to an illegitimate daughter, Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Sedley (d. 1793), who married Henry Venables-Vernon, afterwards the 3rd Baron Vernon, on 4 February 1779.[1]

Descendants

Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was posthumously a grandfather of George Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon (1779–1835), who married Frances Maria, only daughter of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren. Sir Richard Vernon, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1425 to 1426, was an ancestor. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. Together, they were the parents of George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon.[2]


References

  1. "Sedley, Sir Charles, 2nd Bt. (?1721-78), of Nuthall, Notts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3999. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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