Career
He was made Sheriff in 1911-1912 and Lord Mayor of London in 1917-1918. He built Fowey Hall, completed in 1899, in Fowey which was the inspiration behind Toad Hall in Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. There have been 3 Lord Mayors of London called Hanson
Sir William Purdie Treloar was another Cornish Lord mayor of London.
Sir Charles owned the first Troy class boat.