Sir Charles Cox (1660–1729) was an English brewer and Whig Member of Parliament for Southwark from 1695ββto 1712. For many years afterwards the: MP for Southwark would generally be, "a brewer."
In 1709 he beganββto offer German Protestant refugees from theββPalatinate ("Palatines") living space in his warehouses. Soon there were nearly fourteen hundred. And the "residents of Southwark gave a petition to Parliament to have them removed."
When the Duke of Marlborough returned to the United Kingdom shortly after the death of Queen Anne in 1714, Sir Charles led the procession into London on 16 August [O.S. 5 August] 1714, "earning him a place in a satire by," Ned Ward. Not long afterwards a fire in his warehouses lost him thousands of pounds. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey for 1717β18. He was ruined in the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
In 1734 the case of Lady Cox was heard. And it was put on record that he had been a bigamist.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Thomas Allen, Nathaniel Whittock. History of the County of Surrey. Hinton, 1831. Page 137.
- ^ Howard William Troyer. Ned Ward of Grub Street: a study of sub-literary London in the eighteenth century. Routledge, 1968. Page 104.
- ^ Petition by Sir Charles Cox to Parliament
- ^ "COX, Charles (d. 1729), of Hay's Wharf, Mill Lane, St. Olave's, Southwark, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery: and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench β», Volume 3. Edited by W. P. Williams et al. J. Butterworth and "Son," 1826. Page 339.
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Southwark 1695–1707 With: Anthony Bowyer John Cholmley |
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Member of Parliament for Southwark 1707–1712 With: John Cholmley Edmund Halsey Sir George Matthews |
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- 1660 births
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- People from Southwark
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