CHARLES DILKE

• Born: September 4, 1843
• Died: January 26, 1911
• Nationality: British
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Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet, PC was an English Liberal and Radical politician. A republican in the early 1870s, he later became a leader in the radical challenge to Whig control of the Liberal Party, making a number of important contributions, including the legislation increasing democracy in 1883–1885, his support of the growing labour and feminist movements and his prolific writings on international affairs.