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Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse

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Data Last Updated: 27 February 2026
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Charles Hobhouse

Born: 30 June 1862

Died: 26 June 1941

4th Baronet - 30 December 1916

Member of Privy Council - 1909

son of Sir Charles Perry Hobhouse, Bt

Education

Eton College

Christ Church, Oxford

Appointments

Under Secretary of State for India	1907	1908
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	1908	1911
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	23 October 1911	11 February 1914
Postmaster-General	11 February 1914	25 May 1915

Elections fought

9 July 1892	Devizes	Liberal Party	3,896	50.90
27 July 1895	Devizes	Liberal Party	3,637	46.92
4 October 1900	Bristol East	Liberal Party	4,979	56.41
15 January 1906	Bristol East	Liberal Party	7,935	71.72
17 January 1910	Bristol East	Liberal Party	6,804	51.97
3 December 1910	Bristol East	Liberal Party	7,229	62.90
23 October 1911 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Hobhouse on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
3 November 1911	Bristol East	Liberal Party	4,913	62.78
14 December 1918	Bristol East	Liberal Party	1,447	7.61
15 November 1922	Buckingham	Liberal Party	6,789	24.35