Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet

Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet (28 April 1836 – 15 October 1897), was a wealthy English country gentleman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire (1859–1868) and High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1879. He became notorious for involving Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), in his divorce case.

Sir Charles Mordaunt was an active campaigner against the Warwickshire Agricultural Labourers Union formed by Joseph Arch. He was quick to throw any labourers who joined the union out of their cottages. On 30 March 1872, the Leamington and Warwickshire Chronicle reported that "Sir Charles Mordaunt ....has served notices upon all his union tenants to give up possession of their cottages". Sir Charles was also behind a meeting where 100 farmers agreed to discharge any labourers that so much as joined the union, reported on 13 April 1872 in the Leamington and Warwickshire Chronicle.

Sir Charles was married on 7 December 1866 to Harriet Sarah Moncreiffe (7 February 1848 – 9 May 1906), daughter of a Scottish baronet. Sir Charles was a stolid country squire with no interests beyond hunting and shooting, and Harriet was a giddy young beauty. She had already caught the eye of the Prince. Harriet had licence, or thought she did, to carry on affairs with other men. While Sir Charles killed foxes, deer, grouse, and salmon, or sat in Parliament, Harriet entertained numerous lovers, including the Prince and several of his aristocratic friends.

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