Charles Goring (1743–1829)

Charles Goring (1743–1829) was a British country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.

Goring was the second son of Sir Charles Matthew Goring, 5th Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth Fagge, daughter of Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet, of Wiston.

[1] His father died in 1769 and the property near Shoreham, which Goring inherited through his mother, increased his political influence in the West of Sussex .

[2] In the 1774 general election Goring stood as Member of Parliament for New Shoreham and topped the poll.

He is buried in Wiston, West Sussex and his monument was sculpted by Francis Chantrey.