Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley

Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley (25 June 1784 – 9 April 1840), styled The Honourable Charles Winn-Allanson between 1797 and 1798, was a British politician.

Background and education

Winn-Allanson was the elder son of George Allanson-Winn, 1st Baron Headley, by his second wife Jane Blennerhassett, daughter and co-heiress of Arthur Blennerhassett, of Ballyseedy, County Kerry. George Allanson-Winn was his younger brother.^[1] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2]

Political career

Lord Headley succeeded his father in the barony in 1798, aged 13. This was an Irish peerage and was not to entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1805. In 1806 he was one of the contenders for William Pitt the Younger's parliamentary seat at Cambridge University but made way for Lord Palmerston. At the general election of that year he was instead returned for Ripon, a seat controlled by the Allanson family. During this time he was listed as a supporter of the abolition of the slave trade. The following year he stood for Malton, against the interest of the Earl FitzWilliam. He was duly elected, mainly as a result of dissatisfaction with FitzWilliam and his agents. However, FitzWilliam and his supporters managed to obtain evidence of corruption and had Headley unseated on petition in 1808. He later represented Ludgershall between 1811 and 1812. He is not recorded as having ever spoken in the House of Commons.^[1]

Family

Lord Headley married Anne Matthews in 1826. In 1833 he succeeded a distant cousin as 8th Baronet of Nostel. He died in April 1840, aged 55, and was succeeded in the titles by his nephew, Mark.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c historyofparliamentonline.org WINN ALLANSON, Charles, 2nd Lord Headley I (1784-1840), of Aghadoe House, nr. Killarney, co. Kerry. Originally published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
^ "Headley, Lord [Charles] (HDLY802C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Headley

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Heathcote Sir James Graham, Bt	Member of Parliament for Ripon 1806–1807 With: Sir James Graham, Bt	Succeeded by Hon. F. J. Robinson George Gipps
Preceded by Bryan Cooke Viscount Milton	Member of Parliament for Malton 1807–1808 With: Robert Lawrence Dundas	Succeeded by Robert Lawrence Dundas Bryan Cooke
Preceded by Magens Dorrien-Magens Joseph Hague Everett	Member of Parliament for Ludgershall 1811–1812 With: Magens Dorrien-Magens	Succeeded by Magens Dorrien-Magens Joseph Hague Everett
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by George Allanson-Winn	Baron Headley 1798–1840	Succeeded by Charles Allanson-Winn
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Edmund Mark Winn	Baronet (of Nostel) 1833–1840	Succeeded by Charles Allanson-Winn

[hop-1] storyofparliamentonline.org WINN ALLANSON, Charles, 2nd Lord Headley I (1784-1840), of Aghadoe House, nr. Killarney, co. Kerry. Originally published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986

[2] "Headley, Lord [Charles] (HDLY802C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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