Maj. Charles Selwyn

Notes:

M.P. for Mitchell, 1722 - 1727


M.P. for Gloucester, 16 Feb. 1728 - 1734


M.P. for Ludgershall, 1741 - 1747

Entry on History of Parliament

He was a member of the Gaols Committee of the House of Commons.
It is likely that he was one of the sitters in the picture of that committee painted by Hogarth in 1729.

He was an associate of Gen James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia and one of the Georgia Trustees.

Equerry to Queen Caroline 1727-37

Charles married Mary Cook in 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Maria Hyde. Anna (daughter of Thomas Hyde) died in 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]