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British Conservative politician

Charles Cecil Martyn
Member of Parliament
for Southampton
In office
2 July 1841 – 6 May 1842Serving with Humphrey St John-Mildmay
Preceded byAdam Haldane-Duncan
Abel Rous Dottin
Succeeded byAlexander Cockburn
Brodie McGhie Willcox
Personal details
Born1809
Died3 September 1866(1866-09-03) (aged 56–57)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Charles Cecil Martyn (1809 – 3 September 1866) was a British Conservative politician.

Martyn was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Southampton at the 1841 general election, but lost the seat the next year when his election was declared void due to bribery by his agents.

His father was white, whilst his mother was a “woman of colour” from India.

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (8 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 134–136. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. "Limerick Chronicle". 11 May 1842. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 2 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Discovering Britain's first Asian MP | Race | the Guardian".

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byAdam Haldane-Duncan
Abel Rous Dottin
Member of Parliament for Southampton
1841–1842
With: Humphrey St John-Mildmay
Succeeded byAlexander Cockburn
Brodie McGhie Willcox
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