Charles J. T. Hambro

For other people named Charles Hambro, see Charles Hambro (disambiguation).
Charles Joseph Hambro
Hambro photographed by Maull & Polyblank
Born(1834-10-02)2 October 1834
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died11 April 1891(1891-04-11) (aged 56)
NationalityBritish
OccupationBanker

Charles Joseph Theophilus Hambro (2 October 1834 – 11 April 1891)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark but was a British Subject.

Hambro was the eldest son of Carl Joachim Hambro, Baron Hambro of Milton Abbey, Dorset and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1860.[2]

He held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Dorset and of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dorset.[3] He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1868 general election, but lost the seat at the 1874 general election.[4] He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry. He held the office of High Sheriff of Dorset in 1882.[3] Hambro did not stand for Parliament again until the 1885 general election, when he narrowly failed to win the newly created Southern division of Dorset (his Liberal opponent had a majority of only 0.6% of the votes).[5] However he won the seat at the 1886 general election, and held it until his death in 1891 aged 56.[5]

He inherited and lived at Milton Abbey.

  1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with 'D', part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ The armorial and genealogical roll of the high sheriffs for the counties in England and Wales, 1882-3. Including those sheriffs of cities, towns, and counties thereof who bear coat armour, 1881-2, 1882-3.
  3. ^ a b Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 1277
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 328. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 265. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.