| 词条 | Charles Garth |
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Charles Garth, (c.1734 – 9 March 1784) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) and Colonial Agent in pre-revolutionary America. Early lifeHe was born in about 1734, the son of John Garth MP and Rebecca, daughter of John Brompton and granddaughter of Sir Richard Raynsford, Lord Chief Justice of the King's bench. Garth was educated at Merton College, Oxford and the Inner Temple, being called to the bar in 1758.[1] CareerGarth was the Crown Agent for South Carolina, Georgia, and briefly Maryland between 1763 and 1775. In 1764 he succeeded father as MP for Devizes and was re-elected in 1765, 1768 and 1780. He relinquished seat in November 1780 to become HM Commissioner for Exercise. He also followed his father by serving as Recorder of Devizes. Garth lived at Brownston House, Devizes, in the 1760s and 1770s. He died on 9 March 1784 while living at Walthamstow.[1] Family
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1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/garth-charles-1734-84|title=GARTH, Charles (c.1734-84), of Brownston House, Devizes, Wilts. - History of Parliament Online|website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|uk}}{{succession box| title = Member of Parliament for Devizes | alongside = William Willy (1764–1765) James Sutton (1765–1780) Sir James Tylney Long, Bt. (1780–1780) | years = 1764–1780 | before = John Garth and William Willy | after = Sir James Tylney Long, Bt. and Henry Jones }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Garth, Charles}} 10 : 1734 births|1784 deaths|Alumni of Merton College, Oxford|People from Wiltshire|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1761–68|British MPs 1768–74|British MPs 1774–80|British MPs 1780–84|Colonial government in America |
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