Charles Henry Hopwood

Charles Henry Hopwood KC 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.
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

''A Plea for Mercy to Offenders''