Charles Hopton

Charles Ernest Hopton[1] was Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1915 to 1944.[2]

Hopton was born on 13 February 1861,[3]educated at Clifton College, Hereford Cathedral School and St John’s College, Cambridge[4] and ordained in 1885.[5] After curacies in Selly Oak and Redditch[6] he was Vicar of Stretton Grandison[7] with Ashperton;[8] St Stephen’s,[9] Worcester;[10] and then Moseley before his Archdeacon’s appointment.

He died on 20 December 1946.[11]

References

  1. ↑ London Gazette
  2. ↑ News in brief The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 06, 1944; pg. 5; Issue 50009
  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. ↑ University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, May 28, 1886; pg. 8; Issue 31771
  5. ↑ Ordinations The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 22, 1885; pg. 10; Issue 31636
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30: Oxford, OUP, 1929 p632
  7. ↑ melocki
  8. ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 02, 1891; pg. 6; Issue 33445
  9. ↑ Parish Roots
  10. ↑ Parish web site
  11. ↑ Deaths The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 23, 1946; pg. 1; Issue 50641
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Charles Mansfield Owen		 Archdeacon of Birmingham
1915–1944 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey Francis Allen
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