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Wingfield, Charles John, 1820-1892
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1820-1892
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WINGFIELD, SIR CHARLES JOHN, fifth son of William Wingfield KC MP (afterwards Wingfield-Baker), Orsett Hall, Essex, barrister, Master in Chancery, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of William Mills MP, Bisterne, Hampshire; half-brother of George Digby Wingfield-Digby (qv); b. 15 Apr 1820; adm. 26 May 1834; at Haileybury Coll. 1837-9; Writer, EICS Bengal 1839; arrived in India 29 Mar 1840; Assistant to Magistrate and Commissioner, Delhi 1841; Assistant Commissioner, Delhi 1843-5; Joint Magistrate, Muzaffarnagar 1845-50; Commissioner, Oudh 1856; Chief Commissioner, Oudh 1859-66; retired 1866; MP (Liberal) Gravesend 1868-74; CB 18 May 1860; KCSI 25 May 1866; d. 27 Jan 1892.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.