Colonel Edward Chaplin was a British Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician.

Background

Chaplin was the son of Reverend Henry Chaplin and Caroline Horatia, daughter of William Ellice. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin

Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin

Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin PC was a British landowner, racehorse owner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 until 1916 when he was raised to the peerage....

, was his elder brother.

Political career

Chaplin sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Lincoln

Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

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 alongside Charles Seely between 1874 and 1880.

Family

Chaplin married Lady Guendolen Theresa, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury

Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury

Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 19th Earl of Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot, PC , styled Viscount Ingestre between 1849 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician...

, in 1877. He died in December 1883, aged 41. His wife later remarried and died in January 1937.

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