Charles Edmund Rumbold was a British

United Kingdom

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 Whig politician.

He was the fifth son of Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet and his second wife Joanna Law, daughter of Edmund Law

Edmund Law

Edmund Law was a priest in the Church of England. He served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, as Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge from 1764 to 1769, and as bishop of Carlisle from 1768 to 1787....

, Bishop of Carlisle

Bishop of Carlisle

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. Rumbold was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and went then to Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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. In 1812, he began his Grand Tour

Grand Tour

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 and returned a year later.

Rumbold was elected as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1818, a seat he held until 1835. In the general election of 1837

United Kingdom general election, 1837

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 he returned to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 and sat for the constituency again until 1847. In a by-election

By-election

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 in the following year, he stood successfully a third time for Great Yarmouth and represented it until his death in 1857.

In 1834, he married Harriet, daughter of John Gardner and had by her three sons. He died at Brighton

Brighton

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, aged 68 and was buried at Preston Candover

Preston Candover

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 in Hampshire

Hampshire

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