3-065-855 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The new House of Commons: Mr. Hamond, M.P. for Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1874. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. W. and D. Downey. Mr. Charles Frederick Hamond, of Lovaine-place, Newcastle-on-Tyne, barrister-at-law, who is returned for Newcastle in the "independent" Conservative interest, is the son of a gentleman who was formerly a magistrate for Kent. He was born about the year 1840; was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in Easter Term, 1865, and joined the Northern Circuit, and is a magistrate for the "town and county" of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. Hamond has been an active member of the School Board of Newcastle, as the advocate of religious and biblical education. He has been twice an unsuccessful candidate for the representation of the borough - namely, at the general election of November, 1868, and again, little more than a month ago, on the occasion of the death of Sir Joseph Cowen [Senior]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.