Education
Round was educated at Winchester then Felsted (1810-1814), and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with first class honours in classics in 1818 (Bachelor) and 1821 (Master of Arts). He was called to the Bar by Lincoln"s Inn in 1822.
Round was educated at Winchester then Felsted (1810-1814), and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with first class honours in classics in 1818 (Bachelor) and 1821 (Master of Arts). He was called to the Bar by Lincoln"s Inn in 1822.
He also served as Recorder for Colchester, and as a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Essex, as well as being a substantial local landowner and notable. Round was always regarded as "a very able and intelligent lawyer", though not an eloquent pleader. He served as Chairman of the Essex Quarter Sessions, a post which he held for twenty years, and as Recorder of Colchester for nearly thirty.
Round inherited from his father (also Charles) a great deal of land in Colchester, including Birch Hall, which he rebuilt 1843-1848 as "a handsome mansion in the plain Ionic order".
In the same way he took possession of Colchester Castle and the accompanying Castle Park, originally under the ownership of Charles Gray. Round resigned his position as Recorder of Colchester in 1863.
In his will he provided for trustees to build sea defences near Clacton-on-Sea.
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