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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.

HOPEGOOD, ANDREW, eldest son of Andrew Hopegood, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, and Sarah, dau. of Sir Peter Floyer, Kt, Alderman of London, goldsmith and refiner; bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 2 Feb 1713 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) May 1722; in school list 1729; of Monken Hadley, Middlesex; m.; d. 16 Aug 1781.

HOPEGOOD, EDWARD, brother of Andrew Hopegood (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 22 Jun 1720; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1728/9; left 1736; of Monken Hadley, Middlesex; d. Jan 1793.

HOPEGOOD, FRANCIS, brother of Andrew Hopegood (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 29 Jan 1717/8; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1727; left 1734; d. unm. 3 Jun 1753.

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.

HOPKINS, ---; b.; adm. 22 May 1767; left 1769.

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.

Hopkyns, William Stenning, brother of John Wykeham Hopkyns (q.v.); b. Feb. 3, 1879; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); exhibitioner 1892; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1897, matric. Oct. 1897; Fell Exhibitioner 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1902; arrived in India Nov. 27, 1903, and served in Bengal as Asst. Magistrate and Collector; joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Oct. 1910; temp. Magistrate and Collector Nov. 1914, confirmed April 1917; Offg. Sec. to Govt. of Bengal, Revenue Dept., Dec. 1920; Secretary April 10, 1924; Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bengal 1930-2; C. I. E. 1928; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; m. Oct. 17, 1905, Florence Ethel, sister of Charles Herbert Holmes (q.v.); d. May 31, 1955.

Hoppé, Frank Sidney, son of Emil Otto Hoppé, author and photographer, and Marion, d. of Cesar Joseph von Bliersbach of Vienna; b. 18 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1929; Pub­lic Schools fencing champion (foils) 1929; fenced for England against Scotland 1933-5; Trooper Inns of Court Regt (TA) 1935-9; Yorkshire Hussars 1939-45 (Maj.); an advertising agent, FIPA 1954; Min. of Information 1947-52; man. dir. The Wrigley Co. Ltd 1960, chair­man 1970; vice-pres. Wm Wrigley Jr Co. (USA) 1971; m. 11 May 1946 Suzannah Iren Elizabeth Ritchie, d. of Ernest Strasman of Haultwick, Herts.; d. 8 June 2003.