Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas (12 May 1806 – 21 February 1887) was an English M.P.

Life

Charles Eurwicke Douglas was the natural son of the Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke.

Charles Eurwicke Douglas

He was educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831. In 1832, he married Jane Mary Anne Des Voeux (d.12 November 1873), daughter of Sir Charles Des Voeux, 2nd Bart.

Charles Eurwicke Douglas

He was private secretary to Lord Ripon from 1830 to 1834, when his lordship was secretary of state for the colonies; was a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital from Aug. 1845 to July 1846; formerly King of Arms of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, on appointment to which office he was knighted. He was a Director of the London and North Western Railway.

Charles Eurwicke Douglas

He was M.P. for Warwick from 1837 to 1852. In 1853, he unsuccessfully contested Durham City. He sat for Banbury from May 1859 to 1865.

Douglas received a knighthood 12 October 1832.

He lived at 27, Wilton Crescent, London, S.W.

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies

1806 births

1887 deaths

UK MPs 1837–1841

UK MPs 1841–1847

UK MPs 1847–1852

UK MPs 1859–1865

People educated at Harrow School

Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge

People from Belgravia