Charles Hopton

Charles Ernest Hopton (13 February 1861 – 20 December 1946) was Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1915 to 1944.[1][2]

Hopton was born in 1861,[3] educated at Clifton College,[4] Hereford Cathedral School and St John’s College, Cambridge[5] and ordained in 1885.[6] After curacies in Selly Oak and Redditch[7] he was Vicar of Stretton Grandison[8] with Ashperton;[9] St Stephen’s,[10] Worcester;[11] and then Moseley before his Archdeacon’s appointment.

References
  1. "News in brief" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 06, 1944; pg. 5; Issue 50009
  2. "Deaths" The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 23, 1946; pg. 1; Issue 50641
  3. ‘HOPTON, Ven. Charles Ernest’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 24 April 2013
  4. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p40: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  5. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, May 28, 1886; pg. 8; Issue 31771
  6. Ordinations The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 22, 1885; pg. 10; Issue 31636
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30: Oxford, OUP, 1929 p632
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  9. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 02, 1891; pg. 6; Issue 33445
  10. Parish Roots
  11. Parish web site


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