Charles Waring

{{Short description|British politician}} {{For|the chemist|Charles E. Waring}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Charles Waring | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Member of Parliament <br /> for Poole | parliament = | majority = | term_start = 5 February 1874 | term_end = 13 May 1874 | alongside = David James Jenkins | predecessor = Arthur Guest | successor = Evelyn Ashley | term_start2 = 12 July 1865 | term_end2 = 17 November 1868 | predecessor2 = Henry Danby Seymour<br />George Woodroffe Franklyn | alongside2 = Henry Danby Seymour | successor2 = Arthur Guest | birth_date = 1827 | birth_place = Ecclesall, Sheffield | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1887|08|26|1827}} | death_place = Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe | resting_place = | alma_mater = | birth_name = | party = Liberal Unionist | other_party = Liberal | parents = John Waring | relations = Walter Waring | spouse = | children = }}

'''Charles Waring''' (1827 – 26 August 1887)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|p|2|date=January 2018}}</ref> was a Liberal Party and Liberal Unionist Party politician.<ref name="gracesguide">{{cite web|title=Charles Waring|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Waring|website=Grace's Guide|accessdate=17 January 2018}}</ref>

Waring was elected Liberal MP for Poole in 1865 but, when the seat was reduced to one member in 1868, he failed to retain the seat. He stood again in 1874, and was elected, but was unseated when the election was declared void on petition after "corrupt conduct and treating". He stood again for the seat in 1880, but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|title=Poole Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/18740514/045/0003|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Western Morning News|date=14 May 1874|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref> Shortly before his death, Waring joined the Liberal Unionist Party.<ref name="gracesguide"/> His son, Walter Waring, was later elected as the Liberal MP for Banffshire at a by-election in 1907.

Waring was the brother of William and Henry Waring, who formed railway engineering firm Waring Brothers in 1841.<ref name="gracesguide"/>

During his life, Waring was made a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, and a Chevalier of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. He also often contributed to political journal The Fortnightly Review, writing on topics such as the railway industry and the Suez Canal.<ref name="gracesguide"/>

On 1 April 1851, he was elected an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers.<ref name="gracesguide"/>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = Arthur Guest }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Poole | years =1874–1874}} {{s-aft| after = Evelyn Ashley}}

{{s-bef| before = Henry Danby Seymour |before2= George Woodroffe Franklyn}} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Poole |with = Henry Danby Seymour | years =1865–1868}} {{s-aft| after = Arthur Guest}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waring, Charles}} Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1874–1880 Category:UK MPs 1865–1868 Category:1827 births Category:1887 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Poole