John Hopkinson (priest)
Rev. John Hopkinson | |
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| Born | 1877[1] Fallowfield, Lancashire |
| Died | 22 October 1957 (aged 79–80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Cleric, Archdeacon of Westmorland |
| Father | Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C. |
| Relatives | Austin Hopkinson, MP (brother) |
John Henry Hopkinson (died 22 October 1957) was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1931 until 1944.[2]
Personal life and early education
[edit]The son of Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C.; nephew of John Hopkinson, the physicist and Edward Hopkinson, the electrical engineer; and brother of Austin Hopkinson, M.P., he was educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford. He married Evelyn Mary Fountaine, the daughter of a Lincolnshire vicar. Their four sons included the journalist and Orwell biographer Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson CBE[1] and Brigadier Paul Hopkinson (1906-1991) who was the commanding officer of the 152nd (Indian) Parachute Battalion at the Battle of Shangshak.[3]
He died on 22 October 1957.[4]
Career
[edit]He was a Lecturer in Greek at Birmingham University then Warden of Hulme Hall, Manchester and a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester from 1904 to 1914 before his ordination in 1914.[5] Then he served as a Private in the RAMC during World War I. He held incumbencies at Holy Trinity Church, Colne; Christ Church, Moss Side; St Oswald, Burneside and Christ Church, Cockermouth. He was also Diocesan Organiser of Religious Education and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle from 1928 to 1944.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Lethbridge, John P. (28 April 2024). "Hopkinson, Hulton and the Herald". The Orwell Society. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ ‘HOPKINSON, Rev. John Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 July 2015
- ^ "Obituary for Paul Hopkinson". Airborne Assault Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ The Rev. J. H. Hopkinson. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 24, 1957; pg. 14; Issue 53980
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory; p 632: Oxford, OUP 19129[clarification needed]
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