Charles Donaldson-Hudson

Charles Donaldson-Hudson (12 February 1840 – 18 April 1893) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

[2] The current Cheswardine Hall, designed by John Macvicar Anderson, was rebuilt in 1875 on the site of the former 'The Hill' that had been purchased by his uncle Thomas Hudson .

[3] The rebuilding of the church of St Swithun, in Cheswardine between 1886 and 1889 was funded principally due to the generosity of Charles Donaldson-Hudson and his family, in spite of the injuries received in his hunting accident and his wife brought the project to fruition.

In August 1878 Donaldson-Hudson stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at a by-election for Newcastle-under-Lyme.

[8] He suffered a serious injury to his head whilst out hunting in North Shropshire, and this effectively brought his Parliamentary career to an end.