[2][3] A man of great physical strength, de Trafford was an opening batsman and a big hitter who liked to attack from the first ball.

[7] In 1881, his father, Sir Humphrey de Trafford purchased the Hothorpe Hall Estate in Northamptonshire (though near Theddingworth, Leicestershire), from the Cook family and presented it to Charles.

During his time at Hothorpe, Charles de Trafford extended the Georgian Manor House and in 1892 built a Catholic Chapel there in memory of his brother Gilbert who had died in 1890.

Their son Edmund Hubert de Trafford served with distinction in World War I, married the Hon.

Edmund and Cecilia's daughter Elizabeth returned to England and married Admiral Arthur Francis Turner.