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searchaux" style="display:none">British nobleman and diplomat</div> <p> <b>Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley</b>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of Great Britain">PC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">FRS</a> (8 April 1649 – 24 September 1710) was a British nobleman and diplomat, known as <b>Sir Charles Berkeley</b> from 1661 to 1679 and styled <b>Viscount Dursley</b> from 1679 to 1698. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Berkeley,_2nd_Earl_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of <a href="/wiki/George_Berkeley,_1st_Earl_of_Berkeley" title="George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley">George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley</a>, he was educated at <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was created a <a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Bath">Knight of the Bath</a> for the coronation of <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> in 1661, and received his <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)">Master of Arts</a> from Oxford on 28 September 1663. On 21 November 1667, he was elected a <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">Fellow of the Royal Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-doyle_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doyle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Berkeley adopted the styling <b>Viscount Dursley</b> in September 1679, when his father was raised to the earldom. He had just been elected as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)">Gloucester</a>, for which he sat in the last two Parliaments of Charles II, in 1679 and 1681. He did not stand again, in part due to conflict with the <a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> corporation of the city. Dursley followed his father in opposing <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">Glorious Revolution</a>, and enjoyed a number of appointments thereafter. Called up to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> as <a href="/wiki/Baron_Berkeley" title="Baron Berkeley">Baron Berkeley</a> in July 1689, he was then sent as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Spain">Envoy Extraordinary to Spain</a> in May 1689, and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomats_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands">Ambassador to the United Provinces</a> from August 1689 to 1695. He also received the post of <a href="/wiki/Custos_Rotulorum_of_Gloucestershire" title="Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire">Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire</a>, previously held by his father, in July 1689. On 3 May 1694, he was made a <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">Privy Councillor</a>, and on 25 May, was appointed <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Gloucestershire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire">Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire</a>. In the following year, Dursley was appointed High Steward of the City of <a href="/wiki/Gloucester" title="Gloucester">Gloucester</a>, and Constable of <a href="/wiki/St_Briavel%27s_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="St Briavel's Castle">St Briavel's Castle</a> on 18 June 1697.<sup id="cite_ref-doyle_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doyle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1697, as lord-lieutenant, he was <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">Colonel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Militia_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloucester Militia Horse">Gloucester Militia Horse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Berkeley succeeded to the earldom in 1698, and also received his father's office of <a href="/wiki/Custos_Rotulorum_of_Surrey" title="Custos Rotulorum of Surrey">Custos Rotulorum of Surrey</a> in February 1699. His eldest son, Charles, Viscount Dursley, died of <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> in May, and his daughter, Lady Penelope, in September of that same year, both while Berkeley and his family were in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> during his tenure as one of the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Justices_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Justices (Ireland)">Lords Justices</a> (1699–1700). On 7 June 1702, Berkeley's appointment as Constable was renewed, and he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Surrey" title="Lord Lieutenant of Surrey">Lord Lieutenant of Surrey</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Warden_of_the_Forest_of_Dean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Warden of the Forest of Dean (page does not exist)">Warden of the Forest of Dean</a>. He died in 1710, and was succeeded to the posts of <a href="/wiki/Baron_Berkeley" title="Baron Berkeley">Earl of Berkeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Gloucestershire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire">Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Custos_Rotulorum_of_Gloucestershire" title="Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire">Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire</a> by his eldest surviving son, <a href="/wiki/James_Berkeley,_3rd_Earl_of_Berkeley" title="James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley">James</a>, a naval officer.<sup id="cite_ref-doyle_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doyle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Berkeley,_2nd_Earl_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Berkeley married Hon. Elizabeth Noel, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Noel,_3rd_Viscount_Campden" title="Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden">Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden</a>, on 16 August 1677, and they had four sons and three daughters: </p> <ul><li>Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley (17 June 1679 – May 1699)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Berkeley,_3rd_Earl_of_Berkeley" title="James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley">James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley</a> (aft. 1679 – 1736)</li> <li>Col. Hon. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Berkeley_(British_Army_officer)" title="Henry Berkeley (British Army officer)">Henry Berkeley</a> (1690? – May 1736), married Mary Cornewall and had issue</li> <li>Hon. <a href="/wiki/George_Berkeley_(died_1746)" title="George Berkeley (died 1746)">George Berkeley</a> (aft. 1680 – 1746), married <a href="/wiki/Henrietta_Howard,_Countess_of_Suffolk" title="Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk">Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk</a>, no issue</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lady_Mary_Berkeley,_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Lady_Mary_Berkeley%2C_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg/220px-Lady_Mary_Berkeley%2C_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Lady_Mary_Berkeley%2C_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg/330px-Lady_Mary_Berkeley%2C_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Lady_Mary_Berkeley%2C_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg/440px-Lady_Mary_Berkeley%2C_Wife_of_Thomas_Chambers_MET_DP167136.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3346" data-file-height="3857" /></a><figcaption>Lady Mary Berkeley</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Lady Mary Berkeley, married Thomas Chambers (son of Thomas Chambers) and had issue: <ul><li>Mary Chambers, married <a href="/wiki/Vere_Beauclerk,_1st_Baron_Vere" title="Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere">Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere</a></li> <li>Anne Chambers, married <a href="/wiki/Richard_Grenville-Temple,_2nd_Earl_Temple" title="Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple">Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Elizabeth_Germain" title="Lady Elizabeth Germain">Lady Elizabeth Berkeley</a> (d. 16 September 1769), married <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Germain,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Germain, 1st Baronet">Sir John Germain, 1st Baronet</a>, no issue</li> <li>Lady Penelope Berkeley (d. 3 September 1699)</li></ul> <p>His widow, then the Dowager Countess of Berkeley, funded the rebuilding of St Dunstan's Church, <a href="/wiki/Cranford,_London" title="Cranford, London">Cranford</a>, and provision of a marble font, in 1716.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Berkeley,_2nd_Earl_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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