Life

Charles Eurwicke Douglas was the natural son of the late Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke

Charles Philip Yorke

Charles Philip Yorke PC, FRS, FSA , was a British politician. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1803 to 1804.-Background:...

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He was educated at Harrow

Harrow School

Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...

 and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831. In 1832, he married Jane Mary Anne Des Voeux (d.12 November 1873), dau. of Sir Charles Des-Vaux, 2nd Bart.

He was private secretary to Lord Ripon from 1830 to 1834, when his lordship was secretary of state for the colonies; was a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital from Aug. 1845 to July 1846 ; formerly King of Arms of the Order of St. Michael and St. George

King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George

The King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George is the herald of the Order of St Michael and St George.-Kings of Arms:*1818-1831: Sir George Nayler*1832: Sir Harris Nicolas*1832-1859: Sir Charles Douglas*1859-1869: Sir Henry Drummond Wolff...

, on appointment to which office he was knighted. He was a Director of the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

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He was M.P. for Warwick

Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the...

 from 1837 to 1852. In 1853, he unsuccessfully contested Durham City. He sat for Banbury

Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Banbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a strongly Conservative seat.The constituency was created January 26, 1554 through the efforts of Henry Stafford and Thomas Denton...

from May 1859.

He lived at 27, Wilton Crescent, London, S.W.
 

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