Charles Tottenham (14 November 1807 – 1 June 1886)[1] was an Irish Conservative and Tory politician.
He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1825 before, in 1833, marrying Isabella Catherine, daughter of Sir George Airey and Catherine née Talbot, with whom he had three sons, including Charles George Tottenham, and two daughters.
At the 1831 election, it was his father's turn to nominate, and Tottenham was returned unopposed with the support of his father as well as County Wexford Whig MP Henry Lambert, who Tottenham had subscribed £100 towards for the 1830 general election.
[3][5] While Tottenham sought to return to Parliament for the same seat—standing unsuccessfully at the 1835 general election—it was another 21 years before this happened.
[3] Standing as a Conservative at a by-election in 1856—caused by the resignation of Charles Gavan Duffy—he held the seat until 1863 when he again resigned through the Chiltern Hundreds office in order to allow for his son, Charles George Tottenham to take the seat.