Charles Towneley
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| Intro | Politician | ||||||||
| Places | United Kingdom | ||||||||
| was | Politician | ||||||||
| Work field | Politics | ||||||||
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| Birth | 8 January 1803 | ||||||||
| Death | 4 November 1876 (aged 73 years) | ||||||||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||||||||
| Politics: | Independent Irish Party | ||||||||
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Charles Towneley (1803 – 4 November 1870) was an Irish Independent Irish Party and Whig politician.
Towneley was first elected Whig MP for Sligo Borough at a by-election in April 1848. However, after a committee formed due to an election petition found he was, by his agents, guilty of treating, he was declared unelected in June, causing a by-election in July. He returned to the seat as an Independent Irish MP after the 1852 general election but, in 1853, again was unseated. Upon another petition, bribery by his agents was again discovered. He made no further bids for parliament afterwards