Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton

The Right Honourable The Lord Clinton
Under-Secretary of State for India
In office 31 July 1867 – 25 February 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	Sir James Ferguson, Bt
Succeeded by	M. E. Grant Duff
Personal details
Born	2 March 1834
Died	29 March 1904
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	(1) Harriet Hepburn-Forbes (d. 1869) (2) Margaret Walrond (d. 1830)

Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton (2 March 1834 – 29 March 1904), styled The Honourable Charles Trefusis between 1832 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for India from 1867 to 1868.

Background

Clinton was the son of Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton, and Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr, daughter of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian.

Political career

Clinton was elected to the House of Commons for Devon North in 1857, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in 1866 and entered the House of Lords. In July 1867 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for India in the Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. He retained this office also when Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister in February 1868. The government fell in December of the same year. Clinton never held political office again but served as a Charity Commissioner from 1874 to 1880. Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Devon between 1887 and 1904.

Family

Lord Clinton married, firstly, Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes, daughter of Sir John Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Baronet, in 1858. They had five children. In 1867 Clinton assumed by Royal license the additional surnames of Stuart-Forbes.

After his first wife's death in 1869 he married, secondly, Margaret Walrond, daughter of Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet, in 1875. They had seven children. As Lady Clinton, Margaret organised the 'Ladies of Devonshire' wedding gift of pearl earrings to Mary of Teck, the future Queen Mary.

Lord Clinton died in March 1904, aged 70, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son from his first marriage, Charles. Lady Clinton died in 1930.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Clinton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt Lewis William Buck	Member of Parliament for North Devon 1857–1866 With: James Wentworth Buller 1857–1865 Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt 1865–1866	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by Sir James Ferguson, Bt	Under-Secretary of State for India 1867–1868	Succeeded by M. E. Grant Duff
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Iddesleigh	Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1887–1904	Succeeded by Viscount Ebrington
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Rodolph Trefusis	Baron Clinton 1866–1904	Succeeded by Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis