Charles Delafaye

Charles Delafaye (1677 – 11 December 1762) was Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Belturbet from 1715 to 1727 and Chief Secretary to the Earl of Galway and the Duke of Grafton who held joint Governorship. Delafaye shared his that role with Martin Bladen.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725. He was appointed a Clerk of the Signet from 1728 to 1747.

He died in 1762 at the age of 85 at his home in Wichbury, near Salisbury.