Charles Pym (Conservative politician)

Charles Guy Pym
Pym in 1895
Born11 February 1841
Willian, Hertfordshire, England
Died12 November 1918 (aged 77)
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
OccupationMember of parliament

Charles Guy Pym (11 February 1841 – 12 November 1918) was a British Conservative Party politician.[citation needed]

Biography

Pym was born in Willian, the younger son of Rev. William Pym and Sophie Gambier. His grandfather Francis Pym had been MP for Bedfordshire.[1] Pym was educated at Rossall School. Pym was appointed as a clerk in the War Office after passing his civil service exams in October 1859.[2]

Pym was a keen sportsman and became involved with the Civil Service Cricket Club and along with William George Herbert was instrumental in setting up the Civil Service Athletics Association. He won the silver medal in the high jump event at the 1868 AAC Championships.[3][4]

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1895 to 1906.[5] He was a Grand Councillor in the Primrose League.

He died aged 77.

References

  1. ^ Who Was Who
  2. ^ "The Civil Service Athletic Association" (PDF). The Civil Service Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Amateur Athletic Club Sports". Morning Post. 22 June 1868. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedford
1895–1906 		Succeeded by