UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 1 October 1756

Died: 5 July 1840

2nd Baron Arden - 11 June 1784

1st Baron Arden - 28 July 1802

son of Catherine Compton

husband of Margaretta Elizabeth Wilson

Harrow School (1771 - 1774)

Trinity College, Cambridge (- 1774)

Lincoln's Inn (1777 -)

Lord of the Admiralty	December 1783	February 1801
Master of the Mint	1801	1802
Commissioner of the India Board	1801	1803
Lord of the Bedchamber	1804	1812

28 November 1780	Launceston	Unopposed
December 1783 Resignation of Hon Charles Perceval on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.
3 January 1784	Launceston	Unopposed
5 April 1784	Launceston	Unopposed