Charles Corbett Contents Family Legal career Political career References External links Navigation menucontributions in Parliament by Charles Corbett

1853 births1935 deathsAlumni of New College, OxfordLiberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituenciesPeople educated at Marlborough CollegePeople from East GrinsteadUK MPs 1906–10


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Charles Corbett


Charles Joseph Henry Corbett, BCL (1853 – 20 November 1935) was a British Liberal Party politician in the radical tradition who was part of a prominent family who supported women's rights.




Contents





  • 1 Family


  • 2 Legal career


  • 3 Political career

    • 3.1 Parliament



  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Family


He was a son of C. J. Corbett of Thames Ditton. He married in 1881, Marie, daughter of George Gray of Tunbridge Wells. She was an English suffragist, local government worker and supporter of the Liberal Party. They had one son and two daughters, Cicely and Margery, an international feminist campaigner and Liberal Parliamentary candidate.



Legal career


He was educated at Marlborough College and New College, Oxford, and was subsequently called to the bar at the Middle Temple.



Political career



Parliament


Corbett was a Liberal candidate in East Grinstead in the elections of 1895 and 1900, but was unsuccessful. He sat as Liberal MP for East Grinstead Division of Sussex from 1906–January 1910, having been elected in the Liberal landslide win of 1906, when he became the first and only Liberal to win the division.[1] He was defeated at the January 1910 General Election.



References


Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com




  1. ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Elections Results 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p404




External links


  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Corbett

  • Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com

  • Spartacus Educational; https://spartacus-educational.com/TUcorbett.htm





Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Goschen

Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1906–January 1910
Succeeded by
Henry Cautley
Political offices






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