Charles Freville Surtees DL JP FRGS (13 November 1823 – 22 December 1906)[1] was a Conservative Party politician in England.
He was the youngest son of four children born to the former Elizabeth Cookson (1783–1847) and Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall (1782–1857).
[9] He served as a director of the Great Central Railway and was chairman of the Universal Life Assurance Society when it merged with North British and Mercantile Insurance Company in 1903.
[16] Bertha was relative of Charles' older brother Henry's first wife, Eliza Snell Chauncey.
[1] His funeral was held on 27 December at Long Ditton and was attended by Lady Paget, Col. Surtees, Horace Avery K.C., Mr. Sheath (Secretary of the South Eastern Railway Company), and Cosmo Bonsor among others.