Charles Tottenham (14 November 1807 – 1 June 1886) was an Irish Conservative and Tory politician.
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Early life and family
Tottenham was the first son of his namesake Charles Tottenham and Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1825 before, in 1833, marrying Isabella Catherine, daughter of Sir George Airey and Catherine née Talbot, with whom he had three sons, including Charles George Tottenham, and two daughters.
Political career
Tottenham was first elected Tory MP for New Ross at the 1831 general election, following in the footsteps of his father and his uncle, Ponsonby Tottenham, who had been MPs for the seat between 1802 and 1805, and 1805 and 1806 respectively. At the 1831 election, it was his father's turn to nominate, and Tottenham was returned unopposed with the support of his father as well as County Wexford Whig MP Henry Lambert, who Tottenham had subscribed £100 towards for the 1830 general election.
At the time of his election, the local press assumed Tottenham had been sent to parliament for the "avowed purpose" of supporting the Grey Ministry's reform bill, which he later supported at its second reading. Shortly after, he resigned his seat, accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, a move blamed on his father wanting a "thorough-going Tory" in the seat.