MAGNIAC

Charles (eld. son of Hollingworth Magniac of Colworth house, Beds.) b. 1827; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Camb.; partner in firm of Matheson and Co., East India and China merchants, Lombard st. London; M.P. St. Ives 1868–74; contested Bedford 3 Feb. 1874; M.P. Bedford 1880–5, M.P. Beds. 1885–6, contested Beds. 1886; sheriff of Beds. 1877; the first president of London chamber of commerce 25 Jany. 1882; chairman of Bedford shire county council 1889; an extensive breeder of shorthorns and cart-horses; inherited from his father a collection of historical pictures and objects of med iæval art. d. 16 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 23 Nov. 1891.