Sir Richard Hopkins (c.1612 – 16 July 1682) was an English politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...

in 1660. Hopkins was the son of

Sampson Hopkins Sampson Hopkins (died 1622) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622. Hopkins was the son of Sir Richard Hopkins of Coventry. He was a draper of Coventry and a puritan. In 1605 he sheltered Pri ...

, mayor and MP for Coventry, and his wife Jane. He was called to the bar and became serjeant-at-law. He became steward of

Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...

.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 4''
/ref> In March 1660, Hopkins was elected Member of Parliament for

in the Convention Parliament but the election was declared void on 31 July 1660. However he was returned again at the by-election in August. History of Parliament Online - Richard Hopkins
/ref> He was an active supporter of the Restoration and led a deputation from Coventry to London with presents for the King. He was later knighted. However he lost his seat at Coventry in the 1661 election. ''The City of Coventry: Parliamentary representation'', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick (1969), pp. 248-255. Date accessed: 8 March 2011
/ref> Hopkins married Sarah Button, daughter of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire, and granddaughter of

William Jesson William Jesson (1580–1651) was an English dyer and politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. Jesson was the son of Richard Jesson of Coventry and his wife Elizabeth Hill. H ...

who was also MP for Coventry. Their son

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

was later MP for Coventry.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Richard 1610s births 1682 deaths English MPs 1660 Politicians from Coventry Serjeants-at-law (England) Mayors of Coventry Members of Parliament for Coventry