Charles Ernest Hopton (13 February 1861 – 20 December 1946) was Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1915 to 1944."News in brief" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 06, 1944; pg. 5; Issue 50009"Deaths" The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 23, 1946; pg. 1; Issue 50641
Hopton was born in 1861,‘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 educated at Clifton College,"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p40: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 Hereford Cathedral School and St John’s College, CambridgeUniversity Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, May 28, 1886; pg. 8; Issue 31771 and ordained in 1885. Ordinations The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 22, 1885; pg. 10; Issue 31636 After curacies in Selly Oak and RedditchCrockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30: Oxford, OUP, 1929 p632 he was Vicar of Stretton Grandisonmelocki with Ashperton;Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 02, 1891; pg. 6; Issue 33445 St Stephen’s, Worcester;Parish web site and then Moseley before his Archdeacon’s appointment.
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