{{Short description|British Army officer; (1837–1912)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Lieutenant-General | name = Sir Edward Hopton | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|DL|JP|size=100%}} | birth_date = 7 February 1837<ref name=Hart>''UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962''</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who |date=1910 |publisher=A. & C. Black |page=956 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YE8LrmCx9rMC&q=Sir+Edward+Hopton&pg=PA956 |language=en}}</ref> | death_date = {{dda|19 January 1912|7 February 1837|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_place = Stretton Grandison, Herefordshire | burial_place = | image = Lieutenant General Sir Edward Hopton.jpg | caption = Portrait by an unknown artist, 1880 | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | service_years = 1854 – 1900 | rank = Lieutenant-General | branch = British Army | commands = | unit = | battles = {{Tree list}} *Crimean War **Siege of Sevastopol *Indian Mutiny **Siege of Lucknow *9th Xhosa War {{tree list/end}} | awards = }} Lieutenant-General '''Sir Edward Hopton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|DL|JP|size=100%}} (7 February 1837 – 19 January 1912) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
==Early life== Hopton was born the eldest son of the Reverend W.P. Hopton and his wife, Diana. He was educated at Eton College and joined the Army in 1854.<ref name="obit" />
==Military career== Hopton was commissioned into the 79th Foot.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21660|page=492|date=9 February 1855}}</ref> He fought at the Siege of Sevastapol during the Crimean War and at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny<ref>[http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/RSLHG_Lionel_Trafford_by_James_Baxendale_OBE.htm Lionel James Trafford] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929164447/http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/RSLHG_Lionel_Trafford_by_James_Baxendale_OBE.htm |date=29 September 2011 }}</ref> and then served with the Connaught Rangers during the 9th Xhosa War of 1877 to 1878.<ref>[http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgb143/charles_edward_n.html Charles Edward Wyncoll]</ref> He was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 18 December 1880, colonel on 11 November 1882, major-general on 1 April 1892, and lieutenant-general on 19 December 1898.<ref name=Hart /> After the death of the previous holder, he was on 15 January 1900 appointed regimental colonel of the Connaught Rangers.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27177|date=27 March 1900|page=2040}}</ref>
Hopton was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1895, and thus also in command of the troops on the island.<ref name=bio>[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-183-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml ''The County Families of the United Kingdom'' by Edward Walford]</ref> During the Second Boer War he had some difficulty maintaining order on Jersey in the face of Pro-Boer attitudes of some of the French Islanders.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0081EF8345811738DDDAF0A94DD405B808CF1D3 Trouble at St Helier's: British Resent Pro-Boer Attitude of the French Islanders] New York Times, 1900</ref>
In retirement, he became Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire<ref name=bio/> and Honorary Colonel of the 4th (Hereford Militia) Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.<ref>''Army List''.</ref>
==Family== In 1874, he married Clare Ellen Trafford; they had two sons and two daughters.<ref name="obit">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hopton. |department=Obituaries |date=22 January 1912 |page=10 |issue=39801 |column=F }}</ref>
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