Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet (10 October 1764 – 1 April 1821), also 12th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician.

Edmonstone was the third son of Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet

Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet

Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet , also 11th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician.Born at Dumbarton, Silver Banks, he was the son of Archibald Edmonstone, 10th of Duntreath, and his wife Anne Campbell Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet (10 October 1717 – 20 July 1807), also 11th of...

. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

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 and subsequently at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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. Having been called to the Bar, he was one of the six clerks in Chancery until the time of his father's death. In 1806 he was elected Member for Dumbartonshire, but he lost his seat in the general election of the following year. In 1812 he became Member for Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and held the seat until his death. A Tory

Tory

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 like his father, he supported Lord Liverpool's government during the later part of the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

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.

Edmonstone married firstly, Emma, daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of Rode Hall

Rode Hall

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, Cheshire

Cheshire

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, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He married secondly on 5 December 1804 Louisa Hotham (9 October 1778 – 30 August 1840), daughter of the 2nd Baron Hotham

Baron Hotham

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, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. He died at Brighton

Brighton

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in 1821, apparently from a stroke, aged fifty eight, and was succeeded by his eldest son.