Lord Charles Clinton


Lord Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton, known as Lord Charles Clinton, was a British Conservative politician.

Background

Clinton was a younger son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, and Georgiana Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Miller-Mundy. Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle was his elder brother and Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton his younger brother.

Political career

Clinton sat as Member of Parliament for Sandwich between 1852 and 1857.

Family

Clinton married Elizabeth, daughter of William Grant, in 1848. They had several children. He died in December 1894, aged 81. His wife survived him by five years and died in November 1899.