Sir Charles Lemon | |
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.jpg) Early photograph showing people, including Sir Charles Lemon, bottom left, atCarclew. Taken in August 1841 byHenry Fox Talbot, Charles' nephew | |
| Born | 3 September 1784 |
| Died | 13 February 1868(1868-02-13) (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse | Lady Charlotte Ann Foxstrangways |
| Children | Charles William (died aged 13 months) Charles William (died aged 12) Charlotte Augusta Caroline (died aged 10) |
| Parent(s) | William Lemon Jane Buller |
Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Baronet (3 September 1784[1] – 13 February 1868) was a BritishMember of Parliament for several constituencies and abaronet.
He inherited his baronetcy in 1824 upon the death of his father SirWilliam Lemon, 1st Baronet andCarclew House. His mother was Lady Lemon, who had been the eldest daughter ofJames Buller MP forCornwall and Jane, in turn eldest daughter ofAllen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst. He attendedHarrow School[2]
Lemon served as Member of Parliament forPenryn in Cornwall from 1807 to 1812 and again from 1830 to 1831. In 1831, he became aWhig Member forCornwall serving until theReform Act 1832, whereafter he was Whig Member forWest Cornwall until 1841. In 1842 he was again returned for West Cornwall, serving until 1857.
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In 1827 he was appointedSheriff of Cornwall.[3] In 1836, he headed the petitioners from the town ofFalmouth, Cornwall to the Admiralty, seeking to prevent the removal of thePacket Service.[4]
In 1837, he was appointed to serve on theTransportation Committee of the House of Commons[5] In 1852 he became deputyWarden of the Stannaries and funded the establishment of what is now theCamborne School of Mines. The name "Lemon" lives on inTruro as "Lemon Street" and "Lemon Quay", and arhododendronSir Charles Lemon was bred by him from seeds collected byJoseph Dalton Hooker.[6]
He was elected as aFellow of the Royal Society on 23 May 1822.[7] He was the second president (1836-8) of what is now theRoyal Statistical Society. He spoke at theNewcastle Meeting of theBritish Association in 1838, during a meeting of the Statistical Section.[8] From 1840-1856 served as president of theRoyal Geological Society of Cornwall.[9] He was president of theRoyal Cornwall Polytechnic Society from its foundation until his death.[10] He was president of theFalmouthBoard of Guardians from its foundation in 1837 until his death.[10]
He was on the committee of management of theSouth Western Railway in 1836.[11]
He was a notableFreemason in Cornwall, having been initiated into the Lodge of Love and Honour No. 75 inFalmouth in 1840, becoming its Worshipful Master in 1843, he was appointed the fifth Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Cornwall in 1844, after an interregnum of five years, following the death of his predecessor,Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, in 1839. He held this position until he resigned in 1863.[12]
He married on 5 December 1810 to Lady Charlotte Ann Fox-Strangways, 4th daughter ofHenry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. They had two sons, both of whom died young and were named Charles William.The first son died at the age of 13 months. The second was drowned at the age of twelve, atHarrow School.[13]Their daughter, Charlotte Augusta Caroline died at the age of 10, inAix-les-Bains in 1825.[14]
The baronetcy became extinct on his death on 13 February 1868, as he had no surviving children. The majority of his estate was inherited by ColonelArthur Tremayne, Sir Charles Lemon's nephew,[10] the son of his sister, Caroline and her husbandJohn Hearle Tremayne, ofHeligan.[1][15][16][17] Tremayne was a hero of theCrimean War and a survivor of theCharge of the Light Brigade.[1][18][19]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPenryn 1807–1812 With:Henry Swann | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPenryn 1830–1831 With:James William Freshfield | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forCornwall 1831–1832 With:Edward William Wynne Pendarves | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forWest Cornwall 1832–1841 With:Edward Pendarves | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forWest Cornwall 1842–1857 With:Edward Pendarves to 1853 Michael Williams from 1853 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Carclew, Cornwall) 1824–1868 | Extinct |
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