John Hopkinson (priest)

John Henry Hopkinson was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1931 until 1944.

Personal Life and Early Education 
The son of Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C.; nephew of John Hopkinson, the physicist and Edward Hopkinson, the electrical engineer; and brother of Austin Hopkinson, M.P., he was educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford. He died on 22 October 1957.

Career 
He was a Lecturer in Greek at Birmingham University then Warden of Hulme Hall, Manchester and a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester from 1904 to 1914 before his ordination in 1914. Then he served as a Private in the RAMC during World War I. He held incumbencies at Holy Trinity Church, Colne;  Christ Church, Moss Side;  St Oswald, Burneside and Christ Church, Cockermouth. He was also Diocesan Organiser of Religious Education and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle from  1928 to 1944.

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