# Charles Garth

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'''Charles Garth''', (c.1734 – 9 March 1784) was a British [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) (MP) and Colonial Agent in pre-revolutionary America.

==Early life==
thumb|Brownston House, Devizes, Wiltshire
He was born in about 1734, the son of [John Garth](/source/John_Garth_(politician)) MP of [Devizes](/source/Devizes), Wiltshire, and Rebecca, daughter of John Brompton and granddaughter of Sir [Richard Raynsford](/source/Richard_Raynsford), Lord Chief [Justice of the King's bench](/source/Justice_of_the_King's_Bench).

Garth was educated at [Merton College](/source/Merton_College), Oxford and the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple), being [called to the bar](/source/called_to_the_bar) in 1758.<ref name="hop">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/garth-charles-1734-84|title=GARTH, Charles (c.1734-84), of Brownston House, Devizes, Wilts. - History of Parliament Online|website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>

==Career==
Garth was the [Crown Agent](/source/Crown_Agency) for [South Carolina](/source/Province_of_South_Carolina), [Georgia](/source/Province_of_Georgia), and briefly [Maryland](/source/Province_of_Maryland), between 1763 and 1775.

In 1764 he succeeded his father as MP for [Devizes](/source/Devizes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), and was re-elected in 1765, 1768 and 1780. He relinquished his seat in November 1780 to become HM [Commissioner of Excise](/source/Commissioner_of_Excise). He also followed his father by serving as [Recorder](/source/Recorder_(judge)) of Devizes.

Garth lived at his father's house, [Brownston House](/source/Brownston_House), Devizes, in the 1760s and 1770s. He died on 9 March 1784 while living at [Walthamstow](/source/Walthamstow).<ref name="hop"/>

==Family==
* As of 1764, wife Fanny, daughter of John Cooper of [Cumberwell](/source/South_Wraxall), granddaughter of [Peter Bathurst (1687–1748)](/source/Peter_Bathurst_(1687%E2%80%931748))
* Brother: Gen. [Thomas Garth](/source/Thomas_Garth_(British_Army_officer)) (1744–1829), chief [equerry](/source/equerry) to King [George III](/source/George_III)
* Brother: Gen. [George Garth](/source/George_Garth) (c. 1735–1819), general in the [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War), Colonel of the [17th Regiment of Foot](/source/17th_Regiment_of_Foot)
* Son: Capt. [Thomas Garth](/source/Thomas_Garth_(Royal_Navy)), who married Charlotte Maitland, daughter of General [Frederick Maitland](/source/Frederick_Maitland).

==References==
* L. B. Namier, The English Historical Review, volume 54, 1939.
* The Annual Register, Edmund Burke, 1830
* Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, 1819, page 506
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 | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Devizes](/source/Devizes_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | alongside = [William Willy](/source/William_Willy) (1764–1765)<br />[James Sutton](/source/James_Sutton_(MP)) (1765–1780)<br />[Sir James Tylney Long, Bt.](/source/Sir_James_Tylney-Long%2C_7th_Baronet) (1780–1780)
 | years = 1764&ndash;1780
 | before = [John Garth](/source/John_Garth_(politician))<br />and [William Willy](/source/William_Willy)
 | after = [Sir James Tylney Long, Bt.](/source/Sir_James_Tylney-Long%2C_7th_Baronet)<br />and [Henry Jones](/source/Henry_Jones_(MP))
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Category:1730s births
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Category:Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
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Category:British MPs 1761–1768
Category:British MPs 1768–1774
Category:British MPs 1774–1780
Category:British MPs 1780–1784
Category:Colonial government in America

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