Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley

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Lord Sudeley.

Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (28 December 1778 – 10 February 1858), known as Charles Hanbury until 1798 and as Charles Hanbury Tracy from 1798 to 1838, was a British Whig politician.

Hanbury-Tracy was the third son of John Hanbury of Pontypool Park in Monmouthshire and educated at Rugby School (1790) and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 1 February 1796. The family derived its wealth from its ownership of the Pontypool Ironworks.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1800–01 and High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire for 1804–05. He was elected to the House of Commons for Tewkesbury in 1807 in the Whig interest, a seat he held until 1812 and again from 1832 to 1837.

Notably he was Chairman of the Commission to judge the designs for the new Houses of Parliament in 1835. In 1838 Hanbury-Tracy was raised to the peerage as Baron Sudeley, of Toddington in the County of Gloucester. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire between 1848 and 1858.

Lord Sudeley married his cousin the Hon. Henrietta Susanna Tracy, only child and heiress of Henry Leigh Tracy, 8th and last Viscount Tracy by Susannah Weaver, on 29 December 1798. Five days before the marriage he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Tracy. Through this marriage the ancient estate of Toddington Manor in Gloucestershire came into the Hanbury family. Lord Sudeley at first had the original house renovated, but later constructed a new house in Gothic style nearby. Later still in the 1840s he was responsible for the rebuilding of Gregynog Hall in Montgomeryshire. Lady Sudeley died on 5 June 1839. Lord Sudeley survived her by 19 years and died in February 1858, aged 79. He was succeeded in the barony by his son Thomas, who also succeeded him as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. Sudeley's younger son the Honourable Henry was a politician. They had issue:

• Hon Henrietta Hanbury-Tracy
• Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley
• Hon Henry Hanbury-Tracy (1802-1889), MP for Bridgnorth

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Sudeley

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Martin Christopher Bethell-Codrington	Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1807 – 1812 With: Christopher Bethell-Codrington	Succeeded by John Edmund Dowdeswell John Martin
Preceded by John Edmund Dowdeswell John Martin	Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1832 – 1837 With: John Edmund Dowdeswell 1832 John Martin 1832–1835 William Dowdeswell 1835–1837	Succeeded by William Dowdeswell John Martin
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Powis	Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire 1848 – 1858	Succeeded by The Lord Sudeley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Sudeley 1837 – 1858	Succeeded by Thomas Charles Hanbury-Tracy