 In 1709 he began to offer German Protestant refugees from the Palatinate ("Palatines") living space in his warehouses.Soon there were nearly fourteen hundred, and the residents of Southwark gave a petition to Parliament to have them removed.When the Duke of Marlborough returned to the United Kingdom shortly after the death of Queen Anne in 1714, Sir Charles led the procession into London on , earning him a place in a satire by Ned Ward.