Charles Pelham Villiers Politician

Charles Pelham Villiers (3 January 1802 – 16 January 1898) was a British lawyer and politician from the Villiers family who sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1898, making him the longest-serving Member of Parliament (MP). Pelham Villiers also holds the distinction of the oldest candidate to win a parliamentary seat, at the age of 93.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 03, 1802
Nationality	British people
Date of death	January 16, 1898
Education	St John's College Cambridge

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Office holder

monarch	Queen Victoria
party	Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Unionist Party
prime minister	Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston John Russell 1st Earl Russell
successor	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Earl of Cranbrook

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