Background
SCOTT-HOPKINS, James was born on November 29, 1921 in London. United Kingdom. Parents: Col. Rawdon Scott-Hopkins and Millicent Scott-Hopkins (née BarryTurner).
Member of the European Parliament
SCOTT-HOPKINS, James was born on November 29, 1921 in London. United Kingdom. Parents: Col. Rawdon Scott-Hopkins and Millicent Scott-Hopkins (née BarryTurner).
Born in Croydon, Scott-Hopkins was educated at Eton College and Oxford University.
He joined the British Army in 1939. He was commissioned in the 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles in 1942 and served on the North-West Frontier, commanding C Company of the 4th Battalion, and in Burma until 1946, having taken a regular commission in the King"s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1944. He retired from the Army in 1950 and became a farmer.
Scott-Hopkins contested Bedwellty in 1955.
He had served as joint Parliamentary Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food 1962-1964. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire at a 1967 by-election, and served until 1979.
His successor was Matthew Parris. He was knighted in 1981.
He died in Westminster aged 73.
Church of England
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament. 44th United Kingdom Parliament.
45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament. 47th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for North Cornwall from 1959 until he lost the seat to the Liberal John Pardoe in 1966.
He had served, concurrently (to 1979), as a Member of the European Parliament (Member of the European Parliament) from 1973, when he was elected for the Hereford and Worcester European constituency, serving until 1994.
Spouse Geraldine Elizabeth Mary Hargreaves, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1946. Children: Michael, Jamie. Anthony, Jennifer.