Charles Pelham Villiers

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Charles Pelham Villiers was a long-serving 19th-century British Liberal politician best known for his leadership in the movement to repeal the Corn Laws.

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Charles Pelham Villiers canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
calledToTheBarAt Inner Temple ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1802-01-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1898-01-16 ⓘ
educatedAt East India Company College ⓘ
St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
familyName Villiers ⓘ
father George Villiers ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
ideology classical liberalism ⓘ
introduced annual motions in the House of Commons for repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
middleName Pelham ⓘ
mother Theresa Parker ⓘ
movement Anti–Corn Law movement ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the movement to repeal the Corn Laws ⓘ
longest continuously serving Member of Parliament of his time ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceLength over 62 years ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1898 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1835 ⓘ
partyAlignment free trade ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South ⓘ
profession lawyer ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
represented Wolverhampton ⓘ
Wolverhampton South ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
servedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
sibling George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
supported repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
workedAs Poor Law Commissioner ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Commission

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Pelham → hasNotableBearer → Charles Pelham Villiers ⓘ
Villiers → hasNotableBearer → Charles Pelham Villiers ⓘ
Villiers family → notableMember → Charles Pelham Villiers ⓘ
Anti–Corn Law League → hasKeyMember → Charles Pelham Villiers ⓘ
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon → sibling → Charles Pelham Villiers ⓘ