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HOOPER, GEORGE, son of George Hooper, Cleobury, Shropshire, and Joyce, dau. of James Greene, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, scythesmith; b.; adm. (aged 13) 10 Jan 1714/5; Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. servitor 5 Mar 1717/8, clerk 1719; BA 1721; MA 1725. [note Rev. George Hooper, Streatley, Berks., will proved PCC 19 Aug 1767]

Hooper, John Joseph, brother of Francis Barrington Hooper (qv); b. 9 Mar. 1920; adm. May 1933 (H); left July 1938; RAF in WW2, served Middle East; chairman Industrial Newspapers plc; m. 18 June 1949 Margaret Ursula, d. of Albert William Harbour of Harrow; d. 26 Sept. 1994.

HOOPER, JOHN, son of John Hooper, Enfield, Middlesex, citizen and merchant taylor, and Ann, dau. of Nicholas Cooke, Old Manor, Greenwich, Kent; b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1714/5; in under school list 1718; petitioned in 1722 that some portion of his fasther’s estate be paid him to enable him “to go to the East Indies or other place beyond the Seas” to seek his fortune; living 1735.

Hooper, Roger Cecil Sherriff, son of Edward Cecil Hooper of Johannesburg and Maude, sister of Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (R); left July 1925; a car­toonist and contributor to Punch; RN Patrol Service 1940-1, transf. RM 1942 (Lieut.), served Far East; art dir. London Press Exchange (S. Africa) 1952-9; a freelance design consult. and illustrator in S. Africa; m. 13 Aug. 1937 Elizabeth, d. of Lancelot Arthur Huth of Aldeburgh, Suffolk; d. 18 Nov. 1983.

HOOPER, WILLIAM ERNEST ANDERSON; b. 19 Jun 1842; adm. 27 Jan 1858 (James'); left Aug 1858.

HOOPER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1785; in school list Dec 1788.

Hooton-Smith, Eric William, son of Henry Robert Hooton-Smith, of Claygate, Surrey, by Annie, daughter of William Webster, of Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales; b. June 30, 1895; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (H); left Easter 1913; joined the New Zealand Insurance Co. 1914; enlisted in 14th Batt. County of London Regt. and served in it 1914-6; afterwards joined the R.F.C. and was wounded; joined the Rio Tinto Co. Ltd. in 1923; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Feb. 27, 1940; Flying Officer May 27, 1941.

HOPE, ---; b.; in school lists 1745, 1746.