HOOPER, GEORGE, son of George Hooper, Grimley, Worcs., and Joan, dau. of Edmund Giles, White Ladies Aston, Worcs.; b. 18 Nov 1640; adm. from St. Paul’s Sch.; KS; Richard Busby said of him that “he was the best scholar, the finest gentleman, and will make the completest bishop that ever was educated at Westminster School”; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1657, matr. 29 Oct 1657, Westminster Student, Tutor 1664-72; BA 16 Jan 1660/1; MA 1663; BD 1673; DD 1677; ordained; Chaplain to George Morley (qv), Bishop of Winchester 1672; Rector of East Woodhay, Hampshire 1672 – still 1691; Chaplain to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury 1673; Rector of Lambeth, Surrey 1675; Precentor and Prebendary of Exeter 16 Oct 1677 – Mar 1703/4; Almoner to Princess Mary of Orange at The Hague 1677-9; Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles II 1680, still a Chaplain in Ordinary to William III and Mary in 1691 (Miege 1691); Dean of Canterbury 11 Jul 1691 – Mar 1703/4; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1701; consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph 31 Oct 1703; translated to Bath and Wells 14 Mar 1703/4; one of the original Busby Trustees named in Dr. Busby’s will; author, A Calculation of the Credibility of Human Testimony, and other works; m. 1678 Abigail, dau. of Richard Guilford; d. 6 Sep 1727. DNB.

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, 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.

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, EDWARD, son of George Hope, St. Albans, Herts.; b.; in school lists 1656; a boarder; KS (aged 16) 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, Westminster Student 10 Mar 1662 – 30 Mar 1663, when expelled for drunkenness.

Hope, Maurice St. John, son of Sir William Henry St. John Hope, Litt. D., D. C. L., asst. secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, of Great Shelford, Cambs, by Myrrha Fullerton, daughter of Major-Gen. Perkins (I.A.); b. April 10, 1888; adm. Jan. 17, 1901 (A); left July 1905; joined the City of London Yeomanry (T.F.) at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 20, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; seconded to Tank Corps Oct. 1917 - Dec. 1918; m. Sept. 20, 1941, Vera Clara, daughter of A.L. Regensburg, of the Stock Exchange.

Hopkin-Jones, Mervyn John Edmond, son of William Hopkin-Jones MRCS, of White Waltham, Berks, and Joyce Josephine, d. of Archibald Arthur Claxton of Shanghai, China; b. 12 Dec. 1942; adm. May 1956 (R); left Apr. 1961; a chartered accountant, ACA 1966, FCA; m.; d. 22 Aug. 1989.

Hopkyns, John Creasey, son of John Wykeham Hopkins (qv); b. 15 July 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (B); left Apr. 1933; Queens Coll. Oxf., matric. 1933, BA 1937, MA 1940; Middx Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1940; MRCP 1947, MAmCP 1958; FRCP (Canada) 1972; Surg.-Lieut. RNVR 1941, Surg.-Lieut.-Cdr RCNR 1957; assoc. Clinical Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Alberta, Canada, Emeritus Prof. 1980; Fellow American Geriatrics Soc. 1969; Medical Examiner (Coroner) for Province of Alberta 1977; m. 22 Nov. 1941 Joan Edith, d. of Rev. Frederick Yates, Rector of Gt Wigborough, Essex; d. 12 Dec. 2008.

Hopkyns, John Wykeham, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Daniel Hopkyns, Vicar of Long Wittenham, Berks, by Katherine Mary, sister of George Covey Stenning (q.v.); b. Sept. 30, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left Dec. 1894; Probationary Asst. Engineer R. N. July 1, 1899; Asst. Engineer July 1, 1900; Engineer Lieut. June 1, 1904; Engineer Lieut.-Commander June 1, 1912; Engineer Commander Oct. 1, 1917; retired Nov. 24, 1922; served in the Channel and the North Sea 1914-7, and with the N. Atlantic Convoys 1917-8; was present at the Battle of Jutland; m. June 12, 1909, Maud Annie Louise, youngest daughter of Charles Albert Creasey, of Walton, Suffolk; d. April 2, 1954.