Background
He was the only son of Robert (1800–1860) and Elizabeth (née Turner) Hopwood (d 1874).
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was the only son of Robert (1800–1860) and Elizabeth (née Turner) Hopwood (d 1874).
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple on 1 May 1854. 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.
Their son, Aubrey, was a novelist who co-wrote the lyrics for A Runaway Girl, The Lucky Star, and Alice in Wonderland.
Their third son, Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868–1949) was referred to as the "poet laureate" of the Royal Navy by Time Magazine.
17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1857 general election, he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Clitheroe in Lancashire.
