John Turner Hopwood

{{Short description|English Liberal politician and barrister}}

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John Turner Hopwood (1829 – 1 January 1900){{Rayment-hc|c|4|date=March 2012}} was an English Liberal Party politician, and barrister.

He was the only son of Robert (1800–1860) and Elizabeth (née Turner) Hopwood (d. 1874). His paternal grandfather, also named Robert, was the second mayor of Blackburn.[https://archive.org/details/parishofblackbur00abrarich/page/398 Parish of Blackburn, County of Lancaster: A History of Blackburn, Town and Parish (1877) p. 398] 12 July 2011 He was called to the bar at Middle Temple on 1 May 1854.[https://archive.org/details/menatthebarabio00fostgoog/page/n254 Foster's Hand List of Men-at-the-Bar, 2nd Edition] by Joseph Foster p. 226, 12 July 2011

At the 1857 general election, he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Clitheroe{{cite book

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}} in Lancashire. He was returned unopposed in 1859, and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1865 general election.

On 7 April 1858, Hopwood married Mary Augusta Henrietta Coventry (1841–1894), the granddaughter of George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry.[http://www.stepneyrobarts.co.uk/142336.htm "Ancestors of David Robarts" stepneyrobarts.co.uk] 12 July 2011 Their son, Aubrey Hopwood, was a novelist who co-wrote the lyrics for A Runaway Girl, The Lucky Star, and Alice in Wonderland.[https://books.google.com/books?id=iEVLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA795 "Hpokinson-Hornby" Who's Who, Volume 57 (1905), p. 795] published by A & C Black 12 July 2011 Their third son, Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868–1949) was referred to as the "poet laureate" of the Royal Navy by Time Magazine.{{Citation

| title = World War: Debutantes Celebrated

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Hopwood had a particular passion for organ music and had a pipe organ installed in his home. The instrument is now in the Parr Hall Warrington.