Sir Charles Whitworth (c. 1721 – 21 August 1778)[1] was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 31 years from 1747 to 1778.
He served in the army for a short time and was made lieutenant-governor of Gravesend and Tilbury for life in 1758.
[4] The major contribution made by Sir Charles to the statistics of Great Britain consisted of the production of the first complete Balance of Trade (Visible trade) for the country together with individual commercial accounts of Great Britain and all known countries during the period 1697–1773, a major task he completed two years before his death.
[5] Whitworth was an active early member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1754.
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