Sir Job Charlton, 1st BaronetKS (c. 1614 – 26 May 1697) was an English judge and politician who sat in theHouse of Commons between 1659 and 1679. He wasSpeaker of the House of Commons of England briefly in 1673.
Charlton was born in London, the only surviving son of Robert Charlton, goldsmith,[1] of Mincing Lane, London and perhaps ofWhitton Court, Shropshire, and his first wife Emma Harby, daughter of Thomas Harby of Adstone,Northamptonshire. He matriculated atMagdalen Hall, Oxford on 20 April 1632, aged 17. He was a student ofLincoln's Inn in 1633 and was called to the bar in 1640.[2]
In 1659, Charlton was electedMember of Parliament forLudlow in theThird Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Ludlow again in 1660 for theConvention Parliament. He was a justice of theOxford circuit in July 1660 and was createdserjeant-at-law in October 1660. In 1661, he was re-elected MP for Ludlow for theCavalier Parliament. He served as a justice of the Chester circuit from 1661 to 1662. He was made aKing's Serjeant in 1668.
Charlton served asSpeaker from 4 to 18 February 1673, pleading ill health to retire. He left Parliament in 1679, and was forced out of the post ofChief Justice of Chester in 1680 whenJudge Jeffreys desired it, being placed in theCourt of Common Pleas instead.In lieu of that office Charlton was, on 26 April 1680, made chief justice of the common pleas; but having given his opinion in opposition to the king's dispensing power, he was removed from office on 26 April 1680. He was, however, restored to the chief justiceship of Chester in 1686, and on 12 May that year was created abaronet.[3]
He died at his seat atLudford, (then inHerefordshire but now in Shropshire), 29 May 1697.[3]
He was a direct descendant ofEdward I and a cousin toCatherine Parr.
By his first wife, Dorothy (marriage 31 March 1645), daughter and heiress of William Blunden ofBishop's Castle,[1] he had four sons and three daughters, including:[4]
Following the death of his first wife in 1658, he went on to marry Lettice Waring on 12 November 1663, cousin of his first wife and daughter of Walter Waring of Oldbury. They had one son and one daughter:[4]
The baronetcy became extinct with the fourth holder in 1784.[3]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1887). "Charlton, Job". InStephen, Leslie (ed.).Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forLudlow withSamuel Baldwyn 1659 Timothy Littleton 1660–1670 Somerset Fox 1670–1679 1659–1679 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the House of Commons 1672 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chief Justice of Chester 1662–1680 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chief Justice of Chester 1686–1689 | Succeeded by |
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| New creation | Baronet (of Ludford) 1686–1697 | Succeeded by |
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