Charles Edwin (died 1756)

Charles Edwin (c. 1699 – 29 June 1756) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1756.

A committee of independent electors including gentry and lawyers was formed to challenge the result.

Parliament declared the election void on the grounds of the presence of soldiers, and the bailiff was found to have been given secret funds and ordered to be imprisoned.

The Government could field no candidates at the rerun of the election and Edwin was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster on 31 December 1741.

[1] Their son Charles Wyndham changed his name to Edwin on inheriting the estates on the death of his mother.