Charles Hobhouse
Sir Charles Hobhouse, Bt | |
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 23 October 1911 – 11 February 1914 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | Jack Pease |
Succeeded by | Charles Masterman |
Postmaster General | |
In office 11 February 1914 – 25 May 1915 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | Herbert Samuel |
Succeeded by | Herbert Samuel |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 June 1862 |
Died | 26 June 1941 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse, 4th Baronet PC, TD, JP (30 June 1862 – 26 June 1941) was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of the Liberal cabinet of H. H. Asquith between 1911 and 1915.
Background and education
The eldest son of Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse, 3rd Baronet, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles from 1884 to 1890.[citation needed]
Political career
Hobhouse was Liberal Member of Parliament for Devizes between 1892 and 1895 and for Bristol East between 1900 and 1918.[1] He was a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Colonial Office from 1892 to 1895 and a Church Estates Commissioner from 1906 to 1907. He was appointed to his first ministerial post in 1907 when Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman made him Under-Secretary of State for India, and then served under H. H. Asquith as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1908 to 1911. He was a member of Asquith's cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1911 and 1914 and as Postmaster-General between 1914 and 1915. In 1909 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[2] Apart from his career in national politics Hobhouse was a County Alderman for Wiltshire from 1893 to 1924 and an Honorary Colonel of the Royal Tank Regiment. He succeeded his father as fourth Baronet in 1916.
Personal life
Hobhouse died in June 1941, aged 78.
References
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "No. 28265". The London Gazette. 29 June 1909.
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