Sir Charles Ernest Tritton (1845 to 1939)

Sir Charles Ernest Tritton, born 4 September 1845 as the son of Joseph and Amelia Tritton Sir Charles married Edith Green in 1892 with residences in Cadogan Square, Battersea and Norwood. He inherited Bloomfields on the death of his father. He was educated at the Rugby School and graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was the member of the banking firm of Barclay, Bevan and Tritton in Lombard Street, a senior partner in the firm of Brightwen and Co., bill-brokers and banking agents, London and a director of the UK Temperance and General Provident Institution, 1897.  From 1892 to 1906 he was Conservative MP for Norwood Division of Lambeth. In 1905 he as created Baronet of Bloomfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and County of London.  Sir Charles often spoke in parliament about his concerns, in particular, his opposition to taxation on foodstuffs because it would be the poor who would suffer the most.  He was also against the age of when alcohol could be bought by children. He was involved in several philanthropic and religious institutions. He was Vice-Chairman of the Hospital Sunday Fund and Chairman of its Finance Committee.  He was Vice-Chairman of the London City Mission.  Chairman of the Princess Christian’s Hospital for the British Wounded in South Norwood and President of Norwood Cottage Hospital.  He was a Member of the Board of Management of the British Home for Incurables.  Vice-President of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Church Missionary Society. Through the generosity of Sir Charles, various functions and fetes were often held in ‘Tritton’s Fields’. Each year entertainment and afternoon tea was held for the Norwood and Dulwich Police and donations to the cricket and football clubs.  Postman outings saw the band and postmen marching from Westow Hill to ‘Tritton Fields’.  No one was left out, nurses, voluntary Sunday school outings, churches and other volunteers who helped with the community of Norwood.  Sir Charles was president of the Norwood Telegraph Messengers Club who held their sports days and other events in ‘Tritton’s Fields’.  For many years the annual meeting of the Norwood Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society was held in a large marquee on the lawn adjoining the rose garden of which Sir Ernest was fondly proud. In 1872 he married Edith, the second daughter of Frederick Green. The couple had one son Alfred Ernest (1873 to 1939) and 2 daughters Florence Anette and Louse Edith Tritton.  He died in 1918 and was buried in West Norwood Cemetery.