Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth FRS (13 January 1796 – 18 September 1885) was a British Conservative politician.
Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth FRS (13 January 1796 – 18 September 1885) was a British Conservative politician.
Charles John Shore was born in Calcutta in India, the son of John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth and Charlotte, only daughter of James Cornish, a medical practitioner at Teignmouth. He was educated at a private school in Clapham and, from 1808, a school in Chobham, Surrey. He then entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the third President of the Cambridge Union Society. [1]
On his death at 89 years of age he was buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies in the south-west spur.
On 8 December 1838 he married Caroline, fifth daughter of William Browne of Tallantine Hall, Cumberland, who bore him three sons and three daughters. [5]
Lord Teignmouth served as MP for Marylebone from 1838 to 1841. He came third in the poll in the 1837 General Election, but took his seat on 3 March 1838, after Sir Samuel Whalley's election was declared void. [2]
In June 1834 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. [3]
His autobiography, Reminiscences of Many Years, was published in 1878. [4]
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