Charles Henry Hopwood

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 to 1885, and as Liberal MP for Middleton from 1892 to 1895.

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

Hopwood was an anti-vaccinationist.[3]

Selected publications

References

  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.
  3. Bristow, Edward J. (1987). Individualism Versus Socialism in Britain, 1880-1914. Garland Publishing. p. 69
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Tipping
John Benjamin Smith
Member of Parliament for Stockport
18741885
With: Frederick Pennington
Succeeded by
Louis John Jennings
William Tipping
Preceded by
Thomas Fielden
Member of Parliament for Middleton
18921895
Succeeded by
Thomas Fielden
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