Charles Hambro

Background

Hambro was the eldest son of Carl Joachim Hambro, Baron Hambro of Milton Abbey, Dorset and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1860. He held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant (Doctor of Laws) of Dorset and of Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) for Dorset. 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.

He inherited and lived at Milton Abbey. and Venerable (of an Archdeacon) Review Henry R. Yorke, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and had two daughters.

Achievements

• 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 06% of the votes). However he won the seat at the 1886 general election, and held it until his death in 1891 aged 56.

Membership

20th United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1868 general election, but lost the seat at the 1874 general election.