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Richard Hopkins (other)
Richard Hopkins may refer to: Politicians * Richard Hopkins (died 1682) (1612–1682), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 * Richard Hopkins (died 1708) (1641–1708), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1670 and 1701 * Richard Hopkins (died 1799) (1728–1799), MP for Dartmouth, Thetford, Queenborough and Harwich * Sir Richard Hopkins (died 1736), MP for the City of London 1724–1727 Others * Richard Hopkins (civil servant) Sir Richard Valentine Nind Hopkins, GCB, PC (13 February 1880 – 30 March 1955) was a British civil servant. Born in 1880 to businessman Alfred Nind Hopkins and Eliza Mary Castle, Hopkins was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and ... (1880–1955), British civil servant * Richard Joseph Hopkins (1873–1943), United States federal judge * Richard Hopkins (TV producer) (1964–2012), British television producer * Sir Richard Hopkins (governor), governor of the South Sea Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (died 1682)
Sir Richard Hopkins (c.1612 – 16 July 1682) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Hopkins was the son of Sampson Hopkins, mayor and MP for Coventry, and his wife Jane. He was called to the bar and became serjeant-at-law. He became steward of Coventry. In March 1660, Hopkins was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry in the Convention Parliament but the election was declared void on 31 July 1660. However he was returned again at the by-election in August. He was an active supporter of the Restoration and led a deputation from Coventry to London with presents for the King. He was later knighted. However he lost his seat at Coventry in the 1661 election. Hopkins married Sarah Button, daughter of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire, and granddaughter of William Jesson who was also MP for Coventry. Their son Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (died 1708)
Richard Hopkins (c. 1641 – 1 February 1708) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1670 and 1701. He was an active opponent of King James II and a promoter of the Glorious Revolution. Hopkins was the son of Sir Richard Hopkins, steward and MP for Coventry, and his wife Sarah Button, daughter of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire, and granddaughter of William Jesson who was also MP for Coventry. Hopkins was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry in the Cavalier Parliament in a by-election in 1670 and sat until 1685. He actively opposed the King, and urged on the crowd in Coventry which greeted the captive Monmouth enthusiastically in 1682. He was restrained from partaking in the Battle of Sedgemoor but is said to have been marked out as a malignant. Coventry was forced to surrender its charter in 1683 and a number of officials and council members were removed as a result of the town's perceived disaffection. Hopkins was replaced a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (died 1799)
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. 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. As Coventry Cathedral, the church was destroyed during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (died 1736)
Sir Richard Hopkins (died 1736) of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1724 to 1727. Hopkins was born after 1676, the son of Richard Hopkins of St. Botolph's and his wife Rose Sherard, daughter of George Sherard of Bushby, Leicestershire. He became a merchant trading with Turkey and member of the Cutler's Company. He married Ann Lethieullier, daughter of William Lethieullier, merchant of London. Hopkins was Director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in 1720 and became a Director of the South Sea Company in 1721 for the rest of his life. He was knighted on 26 July 1722. In 1723, he stood as a Whig in a hard-fought contest for Sheriff of London and served for the year 1723 to 1724. He was elected Alderman for Lime Street Ward on 4 March 1724. Also in 1724, he was elected Member of Parliament for the City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (civil Servant)
Sir Richard Valentine Nind Hopkins, GCB, PC (13 February 1880 – 30 March 1955) was a British civil servant. Born in 1880 to businessman Alfred Nind Hopkins and Eliza Mary Castle, Hopkins was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. First serving with the Board of Inland Revenue, 'Hoppy' was appointed chairman in 1922. In 1927 Hopkins was transferred to the Treasury, where he became the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury in 1942 and served in that position until 1945. He is credited with the (re)introduction of economist John Maynard Keynes in the Treasury during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ..., whose influence proved to be essential in many economic policy decisions (Middleton 2004). References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Joseph Hopkins
Richard Joseph Hopkins (April 4, 1873 – August 28, 1943) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Education and career Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Hopkins received a Bachelor of Laws from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1901. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 to 1906, and in Garden City, Kansas from 1906 to 1913. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1909, and was thereafter the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, from 1911 to 1912 serving under Governor Walter R. Stubbs. Hopkins was a city attorney of Garden City from 1913 to 1918. He was the Kansas Attorney General from 1919 to 1923. He was an associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from 1923 to 1929. Federal judicial service On October 17, 1929, Hopkins was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (TV Producer)
Richard England Hopkins (15 December 1964 – 7 January 2012) was a British television producer, most famous for producing reality television series, such as ''Big Brother (TV series), Big Brother'' and ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Biography Born on 15 December 1964 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, Richard Hopkins was educated at Bedford School and at University College London, where he read English literature. He worked in publishing and for various Radio broadcasting, radio stations in United Kingdom, Britain and France before he began working for the independent production company Planet 24, and became Television producer, associate producer of Channel 4's ''The Big Breakfast'', presented by Chris Evans (presenter), Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin. In 1996, Hopkins became the Television producer, producer and Television director, director of BBC One's ''Hotel Babylon (BBC series), Hotel Babylon'' and, in 1997, he became the Television producer, series producer of ''Baby Baby'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hopkins (governor)
Richard Hopkins may refer to: Politicians * Richard Hopkins (died 1682) (1612–1682), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 * Richard Hopkins (died 1708) (1641–1708), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1670 and 1701 * Richard Hopkins (died 1799) (1728–1799), MP for Dartmouth, Thetford, Queenborough and Harwich * Sir Richard Hopkins (died 1736), MP for the City of London 1724–1727 Others * Richard Hopkins (civil servant) Sir Richard Valentine Nind Hopkins, GCB, PC (13 February 1880 – 30 March 1955) was a British civil servant. Born in 1880 to businessman Alfred Nind Hopkins and Eliza Mary Castle, Hopkins was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and ... (1880–1955), British civil servant * Richard Joseph Hopkins (1873–1943), United States federal judge * Richard Hopkins (TV producer) (1964–2012), British television producer * Sir Richard Hopkins (governor), governor of the South Sea Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |