Sir Charles Edward Warde, 1st Baronet (20 December 1845 – 12 April 1937) was a Conservative Party

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 politician in England

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 who served as a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1892 to 1918.

He was elected to the House of Commons at his first attempt, at the 1892 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1892

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, for the Medway constituency

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, and held that seat until the constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

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. He did not stand for Parliament

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 again.

He was made a baronet

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on 11 September 1919, of Barham Court in the Parish of Teston in the County of Kent.