12 Facts About Charles Lemon

Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament for several constituencies and a baronet.

Charles Lemon inherited his baronetcy in 1824 upon the death of his father Sir William Lemon, 1st Baronet and Carclew House.

Charles Lemon's mother was Lady Lemon, who had been the eldest daughter of James Buller MP for Cornwall and Jane, in turn eldest daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst.

Charles Lemon was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 23 May 1822.

Charles Lemon was the second president of what is the Royal Statistical Society.

Charles Lemon spoke at the Newcastle Meeting of the British Association in 1838, during a meeting of the Statistical Section.

Charles Lemon was president of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society from its foundation until his death.

Charles Lemon was president of the Falmouth Board of Guardians from its foundation in 1837 until his death.

Charles Lemon was on the committee of management of the South Western Railway in 1836.

Charles Lemon was a notable Freemason in Cornwall, having been initiated into the Lodge of Love and Honour No 75 in Falmouth in 1840, becoming its Worshipful Master in 1843, he was appointed the fifth Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Cornwall in 1844, after an interregnum of five years, following the death of his predecessor, Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, in 1839.

Charles Lemon held this position until he resigned in 1863.

Charles Lemon married on 5 December 1810 to Lady Charlotte Ann Fox-Strangways, 4th daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester.