Charles Meredyth (died 1700)

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Sir Charles Meredyth (died November 1700) was an Anglo-Irish politician who was Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.

He was the son of Sir Robert Meredyth and Anne Ussher.{{cite web |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/meredith-meredyth-robert-a9784 |title=Meredith (Meredyth), Robert |last=Kenny |first=Colum |date=2015 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher= |access-date=13 February 2023 |quote=}}

Meredyth sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin from 1661 to 1666. He was knighted in Ireland on 4 Sep 1664 and made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in August 1671. In 1674 he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, serving in the role until 1687 when he was replaced by the Roman Catholic Bruno Talbot by James II. He was reinstated to the position by William III in 1690.McGrath, Charles Ivar Vincent, [https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30695631.pdf The Irish Revenue System: Government and Administration, 1689-1702] (Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1997), p.137 (Retrieved 28 October 2022). He represented the Gowran constituency from 1692 to 1693.E. M. Johnston-Liik, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jitdluWSybIC MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800] (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.107 (Retrieved 28 October 2022). He surrendered the office of Chancellor in 1695 and died in England five years later.