Charles Pelham Villiers

E838369

Charles Pelham Villiers was a long-serving 19th-century British Liberal politician best known for his leadership in the movement to repeal the Corn Laws.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charles Pelham Villiers canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
human
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
calledToTheBarAt Inner Temple
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1802-01-03
dateOfDeath 1898-01-16
educatedAt East India Company College
St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Westminster School
era Victorian era
familyName Villiers
father George Villiers
givenName Charles
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology classical liberalism
introduced annual motions in the House of Commons for repeal of the Corn Laws
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Whig Party (UK)
linked to: Whig Party
middleName Pelham
mother Theresa Parker
movement Anti–Corn Law movement
notableFor leadership in the movement to repeal the Corn Laws
longest continuously serving Member of Parliament of his time
occupation barrister
politician
parliamentaryServiceLength over 62 years
parliamentaryTermEnd 1898
parliamentaryTermStart 1835
partyAlignment free trade
placeOfBirth England
London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath England
London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South
profession lawyer
religion Anglicanism
represented Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton South
residence London
linked to: London, England
servedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
sibling George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
supported repeal of the Corn Laws
workedAs Poor Law Commissioner
linked to: Poor Law Commission

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pelham hasNotableBearer Charles Pelham Villiers
Villiers hasNotableBearer Charles Pelham Villiers
Villiers family notableMember Charles Pelham Villiers
Anti–Corn Law League hasKeyMember Charles Pelham Villiers
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon sibling Charles Pelham Villiers