Charles Aldworth

Charles Aldworth (1677 - 21 September 1714) was an English politician, MP for New Windsor from 1712 to 1714.

Charles Aldworth was the son of the King's Auditor, William Aldworth of Frogmore House at Windsor in Berkshire, and his wife, Anne. He was the cousin of Richard Aldworth of Stanlake Park, paternal grandfather of Richard Aldworth, 2nd Baron Braybrooke.

Aldworth was educated at King's College, Cambridge, matriculating there in 1693.[1] Recommended by the Duke of Northumberland, he was returned as MP for New Windsor in 1712.[2] He sat as MP until his 1714 death in a duel: Colonel Chudleigh, a whig army officer, accused Aldworth of Jacobitism and profited from Aldworth's physical disability by shooting him dead in the duel which followed.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Aldworth, Charles (ALDT693C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ Stuart Handley (2002). "New Windsor". In Eveline Cruickshanks & Stuart Handley. The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Cambridge University Press. pp. 16–18. ISBN 978-0-521-77221-1. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Colley, Linda (1985). In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-60. Cambridge University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-521-31311-7. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


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