Charles Henry Hopwood Explained

Charles Henry Hopwood KC (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]

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)

Notes and References

1. Williamson, J.B. (1937). The Middle Temple Bench Book. 2nd edition, p.243.
2. Book: Seán McConville. English Local Prisons, 1860–1900: Next Only to Death. 1995. Psychology Press. 978-0-415-03295-7. 164 note 59.
3. Bristow, Edward J. (1987). Individualism Versus Socialism in Britain, 1880-1914. Garland Publishing. p. 69