Edward Hopkinson
Edward Hopkinson (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British electrical engineer and Conservative politician.
He was the fourth son of John Hopkinson, an engineer who was mayor of Manchester in 1882/83.[1][2] Hopkinson was educated at Owen's College, Manchester and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[3] He graduated from Emmanuel in 1881 and was made a fellow of the college in 1883. In 1882 he began to study mechanical and electrical engineering under Sir William Siemens, and received a doctorate from the University of London.[1]
Hopkinson was involved in a number of large pioneering electrification projects. These included the Bessbrook and Newry Tramway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway the Blackpool and Fleetwood tramways and the City and South London Railway. For his work on the C&SLR he was awarded the Telford and George Stephenson Medals by the Institution of Civil Engineers.[1]
In 1884 he joined Mather and Platt engineering company of Salford as head of the electrical engineering department, and rose to become vice-chairman of the company.[1]
In 1918 he was chosen as the Coalition Conservative candidate for the newly formed Clayton constituency of Manchester. He was elected, defeating the Labour MP, J E Sutton.
He married Minnie Campbell of County Antrim, and they had two children. His elder brothers included the noted physicist and engineer John Hopkinson, and Sir Alfred Hopkinson, vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, and amongst his nephews were engineer and scientist Bertram Hopkinson, and Austin Hopkinson, MP. Edward Hopkinson died at his residence in Alderley Edge, Cheshire in 1922, aged 62.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Obituary: A Great Engineer, Mr Edward Hopkinson, The Times, 17 January 1922, p.12
- ↑ "Former Mayors of Manchester (1838-1892)". The Lord Mayor's Office. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ "Hopkinson, Edward (HPKN877E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Further reading
- Hopkinson, Mary & Ewing, Irene, Lady (eds.) (1948) John and Alice Hopkinson 1824-1910. London: Farmer & Sons, printers
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Hopkinson
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Manchester Clayton 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by John Edward Sutton |
| Professional and academic associations | ||
| Preceded by Michael Longridge |
President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1919 |
Succeeded by Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey |