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.

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.

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

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, 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, 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, Francis Barrington, son of Barrington Hooper CBE, chairman Industrial Newspapers Ltd, and Josephine Mary, d. of Thomas Crook of Clapham; b. 29 Dec. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1931; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.); Univ. of Lond., BA 1947; man. dir. Argus Press plc 1962-74; Master Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders 197 5; chairman Elizabethan Club 1975-9; m. 23 July 1938 Audrey Evelyn, d. of Samuel Barder of Harrow; d. 25 June 1993.

HOOPER, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289).

Hookins, Peter MacNeal, son of Cuthbert Walter Hookins of Battersea and Frances Mary Eleze, d. of Rev. David Griffiths, Vicar of Meliden, Flintshire; b. 3 Dec. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (R); left July 1954; a chartered accountant, ACA 1960, FCA 1970; m. 31 July 1970 Sara Elizabeth, d. of Reginald William Montford, civil servant, of Bromley, Kent; d. 7 Dec. 1990.

Hookins, Francis Nevill, son of John Hookins, of Dartford, Kent; b. May 15, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left July 1910.