Charles Hobhouse

Rt Hon. Sir Charles (Edward Henry) Hobhouse TD JP (30 June 1862 - 26 June 1941) was a British Liberal politician.

The eldest son of Sir C. P. Hobhouse, 3rd Baronet, he was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles from 1884-1890.

He was Liberal Member of Parliament for East Wiltshire from 1892-1895 and for Bristol East from 1900-1918.

He was a Private Secretary at the Colonial Office from 1892-1895, a Church Estates Commissioner from 1906-1907, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India from 1907-1908, Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1908-1911, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1911-1914 and Postmaster-General from 1914-1915.

He also served as a County Alderman for Wiltshire from 1893-1924, and was an Honorary Colonel of the Royal Tank Regiment.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1909 and succeeded his father as 4th Baronet in 1916.

Preceded by Walter Runciman	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1908-1911	Succeeded by Thomas McKinnon Wood
Preceded by Joseph Pease	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1911-1914	Succeeded by Charles Masterman
Preceded by Herbert Samuel	Postmaster-General 1914-1915	Succeeded by Herbert Samuel

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