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Charles Henry Hopwood

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Charles Henry Hopwood QC (20 July 1829 – 14 October 1904) was a British politician and judge. 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[1]. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Stockport from 1874–1885, and as Liberal MP for Middleton from 1892-1895.

Hopwood became QC in 1874. He was appointed Recorder of Liverpool in 1886. In politics he supported Irish Home Rule.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Williamson, J.B. (1937). The Middle Temple Bench Book. 2nd edition, p.243.
  2. ^ Seán McConville (1995). English Local Prisons, 1860–1900: Next Only to Death. Psychology Press. p. 164 note 59. ISBN 978-0-415-03295-7.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stockport
18741885
With: Frederick Pennington
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Middleton
18921895
Succeeded by