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Charles Porter

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 6 September 1631

Died: 8 December 1696

Knighted - 25 January 1686

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1686

son of Rev Edmund Porter

son of Mary Chibborne

husband of Sarah Mitchell

husband of Letitia Coxeter

Education

Middle Temple (1656 -)

Lawyer

Appointments

Lord Chancellor, Ireland	1686	1687
Lord Chancellor, Ireland	1690	8 December 1696

Elections fought

6 March 1690		New Windsor
17 May 1690 Petition - Sir Christopher Wren unseated and Sir Charles Porter declared elected.