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Charles Henry Hopwood

British politician and judge (1829–1904)

Summary

British politician and judge (1829–1904)

Field	Value
name	Charles Henry Hopwood
image	C. H. Hopwood.png
birth_date	20 July 1829
birth_place	London
death_date	14 October 1904
death_place	Hampstead
occupation	Politician

Charles Henry Hopwood KC (20 July 1829 – 14 October 1904) was a British politician and judge.

Career

Hopwood was born on 20 July 1829. He was educated at King's College School and at King's College London. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 2 November 1850 and was Called to the Bar on 6 June 1853. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Stockport from 1874 to 1885, and as Liberal MP for Middleton from 1892 to 1895.

The grave of Charles Henry Hopwood, Kensal Green Cemetery

Hopwood became QC in 1874. He was appointed Recorder of Liverpool in 1886. In politics he supported Irish Home Rule.

Hopwood gave a lecture to the Humanitarian League on prison reform but did not join the League as a member. His lecture was published by the League as A Plea for Mercy to Offenders in 1894. He was an anti-vaccinationist.

Hopwood died at Hampstead. He is buried with other family members in Kensal Green Cemetery. The grave lies on a central path, west of the central building structure.

Selected publications

Speeches of Mr. P. A. Taylor and Mr. C. H. Hopwood on Vaccination: In the House of Commons (1883)
A Plea for Mercy to Offenders (Humanitarian League, 1894)

References

(October 22, 1904). "Our Portraits". The Graphic.
Williamson, J.B. (1937). ''The Middle Temple Bench Book''. 2nd edition, p.243.
(October 21, 1904). "Death of Mr Hopwood, K.C.". The Monmouthshire Beacon.
Seán McConville. (1995). "English Local Prisons, 1860–1900: Next Only to Death". Psychology Press.
Weinbren, Daniel. (Autumn 1994). "Against All Cruelty: The Humanitarian League, 1891-1919". [[History Workshop Journal]].
Bristow, Edward J. (1987). ''Individualism Versus Socialism in Britain, 1880-1914''. Garland Publishing. p. 69

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