UK Elections Info

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Born: 26 October 1778, Kidderpore, Bengal, India

Died: 23 April 1866

1st Baron Glenelg - 11 May 1835

Member of Privy Council - August 1819

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1819

Magdalene College, Cambridge (- 1802)

Lord of the Treasury	December 1813	August 1819
Chief Secretary for Ireland	August 1819	1823
Vice President of the Board of Trade	1823	4 September 1827
President of the Board of Trade	4 September 1827	11 June 1828
President of the Board of Control	November 1830	November 1834
Secretary of State for the Colonies	18 April 1835	20 February 1839

4 November 1811	Inverness Burghs	Whig	Unopposed
30 October 1812	Inverness Burghs	Whig	Unopposed
December 1813 Resignation of Charles Grant on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.
19 January 1814	Inverness Burghs	Whig	Unopposed
1814 Resignation of Charles Grant.
21 April 1814	Inverness Burghs	Whig	Unopposed
14 July 1818	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
1819 Resignation of Charles Grant on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.
16 March 1819	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
6 April 1820	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
1823 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Grant on appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
11 April 1823	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
7 July 1826	Inverness-shire	Whig	49	83.05
27 August 1830	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
November 1830 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Grant on appointment as President of the Board of Control.
30 December 1830	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
27 May 1831	Inverness-shire	Whig	Unopposed
24 December 1832	Inverness-shire	Whig	257	55.03
23 January 1835	Inverness-shire	Whig	260	50.68
11 May 1835 Elevation of Rt Hon Charles Grant to the Peerage - Baron Glenelg.