Charles Lemon
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Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Baronet Lemon of Carclew (3 September 1784 – 13 February 1868) was a British Member of Parliament
for several constituencies and a baronet
.
in Cornwall from 1807 to 1812 and again from 1830 to 1831. In 1831, he became a Whig
Member for Cornwall
serving until the Reform Act 1832
, whereafter he was Liberal
Member for West Cornwall
until 1841. In 1842 he was again returned for West Cornwall, serving until 1857.
In 1836, he headed the petitioners from the town of Falmouth, Cornwall
to the Admiralty, seeking to prevent the removal of the Packet Service
.
In 1837, he was appointed to serve on the Transportation
Committee of the House of Commons
, 1st Baronet and Carclew House
. His mother was Lady Lemon, who had been the eldest daughter of James Buller
MP for Cornwall
and Jane, in turn eldest daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst
.
The first son died at the age of 13 months. The second was drowned at the age of twelve, at Harrow School
.
Their daughter, Charlotte Augusta Caroline died at the age of 10, in Aix-les-Bains
in 1825 .
, Sir Charles Lemon's nephew, the son of his sister, Caroline and her husband John Hearle Tremayne
, of Heligan
. Tremayne was a hero of the Crimean War
and a survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade
.
. The name "Lemon" lives on in Truro
as "Lemon Street" and "Lemon Quay", and a rhododendron
Sir Charles Lemon was bred by him from seeds collected by Joseph Dalton Hooker
.
He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 23 May 1822. He was the second president (1836-8) of what is now the Royal Statistical Society
. He spoke at the Newcastle
Meeting of the British Association in 1838, during a meeting of the Statistical Section.. From 1840-1856 served as President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
. He was President of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
from its foundation until his death. He was President of the Falmouth
Board of Guardians
from its foundation in 1837 until his death. He was "a distinguished member of the masonic fraternity" and PMG
for Cornwall for many years.
He was on the Committee of management of the South Western Railway in 1836.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for several constituencies and a baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
.
Service in Parliament
Lemon served as Member of Parliament for PenrynPenryn (UK Parliament constituency)
Penryn was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1553 until 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to until 1832...
in Cornwall from 1807 to 1812 and again from 1830 to 1831. In 1831, he became a Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
Member for Cornwall
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
serving until the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
, whereafter he was Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Member for West Cornwall
West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
West Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...
until 1841. In 1842 he was again returned for West Cornwall, serving until 1857.
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
to the Admiralty, seeking to prevent the removal of the Packet Service
Post Office Packet Service
The Post Office Packet Service dates to Tudor times and ran until 1823, when the Admiralty assumed control of the service. Originally, the Post Office used packet ships to carry mail packets to and from British embassies, colonies and outposts. The vessels generally also carried bullion, private...
.
In 1837, he was appointed to serve on the Transportation
Penal transportation
Transportation or penal transportation is the deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. Examples include transportation by France to Devil's Island and by the UK to its colonies in the Americas, from the 1610s through the American Revolution in the 1770s, and then to Australia between...
Committee of the House of Commons
Descent
He inherited his baronetcy in 1824 upon the death of his father Sir William LemonWilliam Lemon
Sir William Lemon, 1st Baronet was a Member of Parliament for Cornish constituencies from 1770 to 1824, a total of 54 years.-Parental family:...
, 1st Baronet and Carclew House
Carclew House
Carclew House, one of Britain's lost houses, was a large Palladian county house near Mylor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was situated at approximately three miles north of Falmouth....
. His mother was Lady Lemon, who had been the eldest daughter of James Buller
James Buller (the younger)
James Buller was a British Tory politician and ancestor of the Viscounts Dilhorne and the Barons Churston.Born at Downes House, near Crediton, he was the oldest son of John Francis Buller and his wife Rebecca Trelawney, daughter of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet...
MP for Cornwall
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
and Jane, in turn eldest daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst PC , known as the Lord Bathurst from 1712 to 1772, was a British politician....
.
Marriage
He married on 5 December 1810 to Lady Charlotte Ann Foxstrangways, 4th daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. They had two sons, both of whom died young and were named Charles William.The first son died at the age of 13 months. The second was drowned at the age of twelve, at Harrow School
Harrow School
Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
.
Their daughter, Charlotte Augusta Caroline died at the age of 10, in Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is situated on the shore of Lac du Bourget, by rail north of Chambéry.-Geography:...
in 1825 .
Death
The baronetcy became extinct on his death on 13 February 1868, as he had no surviving children. The majority of his estate was inherited by Colonel Arthur TremayneArthur Tremayne
Arthur Tremayne was a Crimean War soldier and Cornish MP.-Personal life:Arthur Tremayne, born on 15 May 1827, was the son of John Hearle Tremayne , MP, and his wife, Caroline Matilda Lemon, the daughter of Sir William Lemon MP, and the sister of Sir Charles Lemon MP...
, Sir Charles Lemon's nephew, the son of his sister, Caroline and her husband John Hearle Tremayne
John Hearle Tremayne
John Hearle Tremayne was a member of a landed family in the English county of Cornwall, and owner of the Heligan estate near Mevagissey. He was a member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Cornwall, a Justice of the peace, and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1831...
, of Heligan
Heligan estate
The Heligan estate was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family, near Mevagissey in Cornwall. The family also held property at Sydenham near Marystow in Devon....
. Tremayne was a hero of the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
and a survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade
Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. The charge was the result of a miscommunication in such a way that the brigade attempted a much more difficult objective...
.
Achievements and offices
He funded the establishment of what is now the Camborne School of MinesCamborne School of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines , commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. It is now a specialist department of the University of Exeter. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment...
. The name "Lemon" lives on in Truro
Truro
Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...
as "Lemon Street" and "Lemon Quay", and a rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
Sir Charles Lemon was bred by him from seeds collected by Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, CB, MD, FRS was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was a founder of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend...
.
He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 23 May 1822. He was the second president (1836-8) of what is now the Royal Statistical Society
Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK.-History:It was founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London , though a perhaps unrelated London Statistical Society was in existence at least as early as 1824...
. He spoke at the Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
Meeting of the British Association in 1838, during a meeting of the Statistical Section.. From 1840-1856 served as President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society based in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world....
. He was President of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society is an educational, cultural and scientific charity, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Society exists to promote innovation in the arts and sciences...
from its foundation until his death. He was President of the Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
Board of Guardians
Board of Guardians
Boards of guardians were ad hoc authorities that administered Poor Law in the United Kingdom from 1835 to 1930.-England and Wales:The boards were created by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, replacing the parish Overseers of the Poor established under the old poor law, following the recommendations...
from its foundation in 1837 until his death. He was "a distinguished member of the masonic fraternity" and PMG
Provincial Grand Master
Provincial Grand Master , sometimes called District Grand Master or Metropolitan Grand Master, is an office held by the senior Freemason in the middle management layer of masonic administration, between the national and the local levels...
for Cornwall for many years.
He was on the Committee of management of the South Western Railway in 1836.