Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden

Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden PC FRS (1 October 1756 – 5 July 1840) was a British politician.

Charles George Perceval was born at Charlton, Kent, the son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, by his second wife Catherine, 1st Baroness Arden, daughter of Charles Compton.

[2] Arden sat as Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1780 to 1790,[1][3] for Warwick from 1790 to 1796[1][4] and for Totnes from 1796 to 1802.

Lord Arden married Margaretta Elizabeth, daughter of General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, 6th Baronet, in 1787.

He died at St James's Place, London, in July 1840, aged 83, and was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, George, who also succeeded in the earldom of Egmont the following year.

Lord Arden's funeral hatchment in St Luke's Church, Charlton . Above the shield is a baron's coronet. The fact that the hatchment is black on the left only indicates that his wife survived him.
Catherine Compton, Countess of Egmont, with her eldest son Charles Perceval , mezzotint print by James MacArdell after Thomas Hudson , 1765