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'''Charles Wyatt''' (1758 – 13 March 1819) was an [[England|English]] [[architect]] and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Sudbury, Suffolk]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was the son of William Wyatt (died 1780, steward to [[Lord Uxbridge]] in [[Staffordshire]]), nephew to the architects [[James Wyatt]] and [[Samuel Wyatt]], and cousin to Sir [[Jeffry Wyattville]]. He joined the [[East India Company]] in 1780 as a cadet, sailing for [[India]] aboard the ship ''Mount Stewart'' on 27 June of the same year, but the ship was captured by the French and Spanish fleets and returned to England. His second attempt to reach India was successful, arriving in 1782. He joined the [[Bengal Engineer Group|Bengal Engineers]], eventually being promoted in 1800 to captain and commissioner of police.<br />
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His opportunity to design buildings came in 1798 when [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley|The Marquess of Wellesley]] arrived in [[Calcutta]] as [[Governor-General]] and selected Wyatt to design the new [[Raj Bhavan, Kolkata|Government House, Calcutta]],<ref>page 23, ''Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj'', Jan Morris, 1983 Oxford University Press</ref> which opened in 1803. The design was based on [[Kedleston Hall]].<ref>page 281, ''The History of Architecture in India From the Dawn of Civilization to the End of the Raj'', Christopher Tadgell, 1990 Architecture Design and Technology Press, London</ref> Wyatt also designed alterations to Wellesley's country residence at [[Barrackpore]]. In June 1803 he was made Superintendent of Public Works.<br />
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Having made a fortune in India, Wyatt retired in October 1806, buying the country villa [[Ealing Grove]] outside London called, not far from Sir [[John Soane]]'s villa at [[Pitzhanger Manor]]. He was elected as [[Tory]] MP for [[Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Sudbury, Suffolk]]<ref>page 939, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840'', Howard Colvin, 2nd edition 1978, John Murray</ref> in two successive parliaments, serving from 1812 to 1818.<br />
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He died in 1819 at Foley House, his London home in [[Portland Place]]. He had married Charlotte (née Greentree) Drake, widow of George Drake of the Bombay Marines, in 1787.<br />
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==Gallery of architectural work==<br />
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File:Rajbahavan.jpg|Government House (now Raj Bhavan), [[Calcutta]]([[Kolkata]])<br />
File:FraserCalcuttaGovernmentHouse.jpg|East view of Government House (now [[Raj Bhavan, Kolkata|Raj Bhavan]]), [[Calcutta]]([[Kolkata]])<br />
File:KolkataRajbhavanGate.JPG|Gate, Government House (now Raj Bhavan), [[Calcutta]]([[Kolkata]])<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Wyatts, an architectural dynasty]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* ''The Wyatts An Architectural Dynasty'' by John Martin Robinson 1979, Oxford University Press<br />
*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/wyatt-charles-1759-1819 History of Parliament WYATT, Charles (c.1759-1819) of Foley House, Portland Place, London]<br />
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