Charles William Selwyn

Captain Charles William Selwyn DL (7 March 1858, London – 1 March 1893, Auckland, New Zealand) was a British army officer and Conservative politician.

He was the eldest son of the Rt Hon. Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, Lord Justice of Appeal, and his first wife, Hester née Ravenshaw. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, before being commissioned in the Royal Horse Guards in 1878. He served with distinction with the regiment in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. He made his home at Selwyn Court, Richmond, Surrey. In 1884 he married Isabella Constance Dalgety of Lockerley Hall, Romsey, Hampshire, the second daughter of Frederick Dalgety. He was promoted captain in 1885.

In 1885 Selwyn was selected as Conservative candidate to contest the new constituency of Wisbech, but was defeated by his Liberal opponent John Rigby. A further general election was held in 1886, and he again stood against Rigby, this time winning the seat to become member of parliament for Wisbech. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1886. Captain Selwyn threatened to horsewhip his younger sister's seducer, Colonel Francis Hughes-Hallett‎ MP, if they ever crossed paths in the House of Commons. In 1890 he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.

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