Richard Hopkins (1728?–1799), of Oving, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician.

He was the eldest son of Edward Hopkins of Coventry, whom he succeeded in 1736, and was educated at Lincoln's Inn (1739) and Queens' College, Cambridge (1746).

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartmouth on 7 February 1766 – 1780 and 1784–1790; for Thetford in 1780–1784; for Queenborough in 1790–1796; and for Harwich in 1796 – 19 March 1799.[1]

He was a Clerk of the Green Cloth (1767–1777), a Lord of the Admiralty (1782–1783 and 1784–1791) and a Lord of the Treasury (1791–1797).

He died unmarried on 18 March 1799 and was buried in the Parish Church of St. Michael, Coventry, as were his parents and paternal grandparents. The church contained plaques commemorating these family members, and flat stones marked their burial places.[2] As Coventry Cathedral, the church was destroyed during World War II.

References

  1. ^ "HOPKINS, Richard (?1728-99), of Oving, Bucks. | History of Parliament Online".
  2. ^ John Astley (1885), The Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish Church of S. Michael, Coventry, together with drawings of all the arms found therein, pp. 18–19, Wikidata Q98360469
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byJohn JeffreysHon. Richard Howe Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1766–1780 With: Hon. Richard Howe Succeeded byHon. Richard HoweArthur Holdsworth Preceded byHon. Charles FitzRoyCharles FitzRoy-Scudamore Member of Parliament for Thetford 1780–1784 With: Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore to 1782Earl of Euston 1782–84 Succeeded byGeorge JenningsSir Charles Kent, Bt Preceded byGeorge BowyerJohn Clater Aldridge Member of Parliament for Queenborough 1784–1796 With: Gibbs Crawfurd 1790–93Augustus Rogers 1793–94John Sargent Succeeded byJohn SargentEvan Nepean Preceded byThomas OrdeJohn Robinson Member of Parliament for Harwich 1796–1799 With: John Robinson Succeeded byHenry Dillon-LeeJohn Robinson


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