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1894 Married Ethelind Mackern. They had two sons and one daughter together.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Hopkins,_1st_Baronet Wikipedia]</ref> | 1894 Married Ethelind Mackern. They had two sons and one daughter together.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Hopkins,_1st_Baronet Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
Both sons died in action in 1916 and 1942, leaving no heir to his title.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Hopkins,_1st_Baronet Wikipedia]</ref> Arthur Mckern Hopkins (1899-1916) was a Lieutenant in the Royal Lancashire Regt and killed 18/11/16 on the Western Front. A younger son J W Hopkins (1911-42) was a barrister and Captain in the RHA and killed 14/6/42 in North Africa. <ref>[http://www.diaagency.ca/railways/Casualties.htm]</ref><ref>[http://www.diaagency.ca/railways/Casualties2.htm]</ref> | Both sons died in action in 1916 and 1942, leaving no heir to his title.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Hopkins,_1st_Baronet Wikipedia]</ref> Arthur Mckern Hopkins (1899-1916) was a Lieutenant in the Royal Lancashire Regt and killed 18/11/16 on the Western Front. A younger son J W Hopkins (1911-42) was a barrister and Captain in the RHA and killed 14/6/42 in North Africa. <ref>[http://www.diaagency.ca/railways/Casualties.htm www.diaagency.ca]</ref><ref>[http://www.diaagency.ca/railways/Casualties2.htm www.diaagency.ca]</ref> | ||
1946 Hopkins died on 16th February aged 83 at his home in Lingfield, Surrey.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Hopkins,_1st_Baronet Wikipedia]</ref> | 1946 Hopkins died on 16th February aged 83 at his home in Lingfield, Surrey.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Hopkins,_1st_Baronet Wikipedia]</ref> |
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John Wells Wainwright Hopkins (1863-1946) English civil engineers and Conservative politician of 80, Regent's Park Rd., London NW1, and later of New Place, Lingfield.
Co-founder of Evans, Livock and Co.
1894 Married Ethelind Mackern. They had two sons and one daughter together.[1]
Both sons died in action in 1916 and 1942, leaving no heir to his title.[2] Arthur Mckern Hopkins (1899-1916) was a Lieutenant in the Royal Lancashire Regt and killed 18/11/16 on the Western Front. A younger son J W Hopkins (1911-42) was a barrister and Captain in the RHA and killed 14/6/42 in North Africa. [3][4]
1946 Hopkins died on 16th February aged 83 at his home in Lingfield, Surrey.[5]