See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

RALPH See also:

• BARON RALPH HOPTON HOPTON (1598-1652)

HOPTON HOPTON (1598-1652)  , Royalist See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• CIVIL

Civil \See also:

• VAR

Var, was the son of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HOPTON, RALPH HOPTON, BARON (1598-1652)

Hopton of See also:

• WITHAM

Witham, See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset . He appears to have been educated at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and to have served in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the Elector See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and in 1624 he was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment raised in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to serve in See also:

• MANSFELD

Mansfeld's army . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I., . at his See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation, made Hopton a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath . In the See also:

• POLITICAL

political troubles which preceded the outbreak of the Civil War . Hopton, as member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament successively for Bath, Somerset and See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells, at first opposed the royal policy, but after See also:

• STRAFFORD, EARLS OF
• STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL

Strafford's See also:

• ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)

attainder (for which he voted) he gradually became an ardent supporter of Charles, and at the beginning of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion (q.v.) he was made lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general under the See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• HERTFORD
• HERTFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Hertford in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . His first achievement was the rallying of See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall to the royal cause, his next to carry the war from that See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county into See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire . In May 1643 he won the brilliant victory of Stratton, in See also:

• JUNE

June he overran Devonshire, and on the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July he inflicted a severe defeat on See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687)
• WALLER, LEWIS (186o- )
• WALLER, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1597-1668)

Waller at Lansdown . In the last See also:

• ACTION

action he was severely wounded by the See also:

• EXPLOSION

explosion of a See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder-See also:

• WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon and he was soon after shut up in See also:

• DEVIZES

Devizes by Waller, where he defended himself until relieved by the victory of Roundway Down on the 13th of July . He was soon afterwards created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Hopton of Stratton . But his successes in the west were cut See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short by the defeat of Cheriton or Alrestord in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1644 . After this he served in the western See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign under Charles's own command, and towards the end of the war, after See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• GORING, GEORGE GORING, LORD (1608-1657)

Goring had See also:

• LEFT

left England,he succeeded to the command of the royal army, which his predecessor had allowed to See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste away in indiscipline . It was no longer possible to See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of the parliament's victory, and Hopton, defeated in his last stand at See also:

• TORRINGTON
• TORRINGTON (GREAT TORRINGTON)
• TORRINGTON, GEORGE BYNG, VISCOUNT (1663-1733)

Torrington on the 16th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1646, surrendered to See also:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax .

Subsequently he accompanied the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales in his attempts to prolong the war in the Scilly and Channel Islands . But his downright See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty was incompatible with the spirit of See also:

• CON

con-cession and See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise which prevailed in the prince's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council in 1649-165o, and he withdrew from active participation in the cause of royalism . He died, still in See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile, at See also:

• BRUGES (Flemish Brugge, a name signifying the bridge or place of bridges)

Bruges in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1652 . The See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct at his See also:

• DEATH

death .