Charles Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge

Member of Parliament

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1830

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1916

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Charles Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge

  • Charles Paget Fitzhardinge Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge (19 April 1830 – 5 December 1916), styled The Honourable Charles Berkeley between 1861 and 1896, was a British Liberal politician. Berkeley was the son of Admiral Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley.
  • His mother was Lady Charlotte Lennox, daughter of General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond.
  • He was the nephew of William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge, Craven Berkeley, Grantley Berkeley and Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley and the younger brother of Francis Berkeley, 2nd Baron FitzHardinge.
  • He was educated at Rugby.Berkeley was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Gloucester in 1862, a seat he held until 1865.
  • In 1896 he succeeded his childless elder brother in the barony.
  • Lord FitzHardinge married Louisa Elizabeth Lindow, daughter of Henry Lindow Lindow, of Gawcomb, Gloucestershire, in London in 1856.
  • There were no children from the marriage.
  • Lady FitzHardinge died in November 1902.
  • Lord FitzHardinge died at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, in December 1916, aged 86, when the barony became extinct.

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