[4] At the 1852 general election, Berkeley stepped aside in favour of Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley, the winner of the 1848 by-election, but stood instead in Evesham, where he won the seat.
[5] In early 1853 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board by Lord Aberdeen, a post he held until 1856, the last year under the premiership of Lord Palmerston.
[2] Craven Berkeley died in 1855 and Charles Berkeley resigned his Evesham seat on 6 July 1855 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds,[6] to contest the resulting vacancy in Cheltenham.
[5] He won the Cheltenham by-election in July 1855,[4] but held the seat for less than a year, until he resigned on 2 May 1856 (again through taking the Chiltern Hundreds),[6] to become a Commissioner of Customs,[4] and office he retained until November 1886.
They had two daughters Alice (24 June 1829-9 April 1919) and Georgina Louisa (4 January 1831-22 December 1919).