Charles Baldwin was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1640 to 1644. He supported the Royalist  cause in the English Civil War

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Baldwin was the son of William Baldwin of Elsich, in parish of Diddlebury. In April 1640, Baldwin was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Ludlow

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 in the Short Parliament

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. He was re-elected MP for Ludlow for the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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 in November 1640. He was disabled from sitting in parliament on 5 February 1644 for deserting the service of the house, being in the kings quarters, and adhering to that party. He compounded his estate for delinquency and was obliged to pay around £500.

Baldwin married in 1617, a daughter of Francis Holland, of Burwarton, Shropshire. He had two sons, Samuel and Timothy

Timothy Baldwin

Sir Timothy Baldwin , was an English academic and lawyer.-Biography:Baldwin was the younger son of Charles Baldwin of Burwarton, Shropshire and his wife who was a daughter of Francis Holland, of Burwarton. He became a commoner of Balliol College, Oxford in 1635 and was also a student of the Inner...

who were both eminent lawyers and received knighthoods.