Edward Hopkinson

{{Short description|British electrical engineer and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}}

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'''Edward Hopkinson''' (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British [[Civil engineering|civil]], [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[electrical engineering|electrical engineer]], and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.

==Background and education== Hopkinson was the fourth son of John Hopkinson, an engineer who was [[Lord Mayor of Manchester|mayor of Manchester]] in 1882/83.<ref name=obit>''Obituary: A Great Engineer, Mr Edward Hopkinson'', The Times, 17 January 1922, p.12</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=360&documentID=1158&pageNumber=5 |title=Former Mayors of Manchester (1838–1892) |accessdate=2008-10-12 |work=The Lord Mayor's Office |publisher=Manchester City Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511230431/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=360&documentID=1158&pageNumber=5 |archive-date=11 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hopkinson was educated at [[Owen's College]], [[Manchester]] and [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]].<ref name=acad>{{acad|id=HPKN877E|name=Hopkinson, Edward}}</ref> He graduated from Cambridge in 1881 and was made a fellow of Emmanuel in 1883. In 1882 he began to study mechanical and electrical engineering under Sir [[William Siemens]], and received a [[doctorate]] from the [[University of London]].<ref name=obit/>

Hopkinson married Minnie Campbell (1862-1936) of [[County Antrim]], and they had two children, Edward Campbell (1889-1966) and [[Katharine Chorley|Katharine Campbell]] (1897-1986).<ref name="Made them">{{cite book | title = Manchester Made Them | date=2001| first = Katharine| last = Chorley | isbn= 978-1902685090 |publisher =Silk Press Ltd | chapter= Introduction |pages= 7–10 }}</ref> His elder brothers included the noted physicist and engineer [[John Hopkinson]], and Sir [[Alfred Hopkinson]], vice-chancellor of the [[University of Manchester]], and amongst his nephews were engineer and scientist [[Bertram Hopkinson]], and [[Austin Hopkinson]], MP.

He was elected to membership of the [[Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society]] on 3 November 1896<ref> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Memoirs_and_proceedings_of_the_Manchester_Literary_%26_Philosophical_Society_%28IA_memoirsproceedin55manc%29.pdf page l </ref>

Edward Hopkinson died at his residence in [[Alderley Edge]], [[Cheshire]] in 1922, aged 62,<ref name=obit/> his wife died in 1936.<ref name="Made them"/>

==Career== Hopkinson was involved in a number of large pioneering electrification projects. These included the [[Bessbrook and Newry Tramway]], the [[Snaefell Mountain Railway]] the [[Blackpool tramway|Blackpool and Fleetwood tramways]] and the [[City and South London Railway]]. For a paper on his pioneering work on the Bessbrook and Newry tramway he was awarded the [[Telford Medal]] in 1888 by the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] and for a paper on his work on the C&SLR the [[George Stephenson Medal]] in 1893 by the same society.<ref name=obit/> In 1884 he joined [[Mather and Platt]] engineering company of [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]] as head of the electrical engineering department, and rose to become vice-chairman of the company.<ref name=obit/>

From 1916 to 1918 he was a member of the [[Indian Industrial Commission]].<ref name=acad/>

==Politics== [[1918 United Kingdom general election|In 1918]] he was chosen as the [[Coalition Conservative]] candidate for the newly formed [[Manchester Clayton (UK Parliament constituency)|Clayton constituency of Manchester]]. He was elected, defeating the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], [[John Edward Sutton|J E Sutton]].

==References== *{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}} {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Hopkinson, Mary & Ewing, Irene, ''Lady'' (eds.) (1948) ''John and Alice Hopkinson 1824–1910''. London: Farmer & Sons, printers

== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Edward Hopkinson}} * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-edward-hopkinson | Edward Hopkinson }}

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