Charles Ichabod Wright
Charles Ichabod Wright | |
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| Born | Error: Invalid birth date for calculating age Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Died | May 9, 1905 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Banker, politician |
| Years active | 1868–1870 (MP) |
| Known for | Member of Parliament for Nottingham (1868–1870) |
Charles Ichabod Wright (18 September 1828 – 9 May 1905) was a British banker and a politician affiliated with the Conservative who represented his constituency in the House of Commons from 1868 until 1870.
Wright was born in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, as the son of scholar Ichabod Charles Wright and Theodosia Denman. His education included attendance at Windlesham House School, Eton College, and Christ Church, Oxford. He pursued a career in banking through the family enterprise I and IC Wright & Co., originally established by his great-grandfather. Additionally, Wright held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the volunteer Robin Hood Rifles and served as a J.P. for Nottinghamshire.
In the general election of 1868, Wright was elected as one of the two MPs representing Nottingham. Due to health complications, he resigned his parliamentary seat in 1870 by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
By 1871, Wright had taken up residence at Heathfield Hall, located in Burwash, Sussex, where his father passed away. He subsequently became owner of Watcombe Park near Newton Abbot and Torquay—currently known as Brunel Manor—and lived there with his family as recorded in 1881. His last home was Hartendale, Frensham, Surrey, where he died at age 76 and was interred at St Thomas on the Bourne, Farnham.
In 1852, Wright married Blanche Louise Bingham, the eldest daughter of Henry Bingham.