Sir Charles Hamilton, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Edward Hamilton, 1st Baronet (28 May 1845 – 15 Nov 1928) was an English businessman and Conservative politician.

Hamilton was the son of John Hamilton of Liverpool and his wife Jessy Kemble. He was a Director of the North Wales Taper Co. and of McCorquodale & Co. He was a member of Liverpool Corporation for nine years and was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. He retired from the volunteers in 1881 with permission to retain his rank. He was a J.P. for Lancashire and Liverpool City.[1]

Hamilton was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherhithe in 1885.[2] He held the seat until he stood down at the 1892 general election,[3] when he was created Baronet of Cadogan Square on 21 November 1892.[4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1906 [5].

Hamilton lived at Mayfield, Shooter's Hill, Kent. He died at the age of 83 when the baronetcy became extinct.

Hamilton married Lucia McCorquodale in 1876, and they had a daughter.

References

  1. ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 48. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  4. ^ the Peerage.com
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 27890. p. 1433. 27 February 1906. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe
1885 – 1892		 Succeeded by
John Cumming Macdona