THE LANCASHIRE TEXTILE KINGS (PART 2)

Reference Number: 10079

Deciphering the Textile Kings (Part 2): Mayors, MPs & Naval Poets [Ref: 10079]

Tracing how the Hopwood and Coddington wealth transformed into Victorian civic leadership, baronetcies, and naval poetry.

The Deciphered Lineage & Transcription

Top Section (The Coddington Baronets of Wycollar):

Coddington & Hopwood | Blackburn & Wycollar Hall, Lancs

Sir William Coddington, 1st Baronet (1830–1918) = Sarah Katherine d. of William Thomas Hall. Mayor of Blackburn, MP for Blackburn (1880–1906), Director of the Midland Railway.

Robert Hopwood Coddington (1836–1912).

Middle Section (The Naval Branch & Hopwood of Hopwood):

Rear-Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood, CB, RN (1868–1949) = Gladys d. of Col. L. Howard. Naval commander in WWI, acclaimed "Poet Laureate of the Royal Navy."

John Turner Hopwood MP (1829–1900) of CSG Hall, Rutland = Mary Augusta d. of Lt. Col. Coventry.

Lower Section (Civic Honours & Alliances):

Intermarriages with Feilden, Hornby, Hall, and Coventry families.

Transition from industrial mill owners to parliamentary leaders, baronets, and military commanders.

Citations: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage ; Who Was Who (1916–1928) ; Naval Review XIV.

If you are interested, see Saturday’s story:

The “Poet Sailor”

It shares with us the inspiring life of Rear-Admiral Ronald Hopwood, the WWI naval officer whose famous poem "The Laws of the Navy" hung on the walls of naval academies across the world and earned praise from Lord Jellicoe!