https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=2A02%3AC7F%3AB416%3A3000%3ACC8%3ACBC1%3AD9A7%3AF3CD Bharatpedia - User contributions [en] 2026-09-23T21:13:11Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Scott-Hopkins&diff=261150 James Scott-Hopkins 2021-11-10T21:41:49Z <p>2A02:C7F:B416:3000:CC8:CBC1:D9A7:F3CD: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|British politician}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}<br /> {{no footnotes|date=December 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | name = Sir James Scott-Hopkins<br /> | image = Sir-James-Sidney-Rawden-Scott-Hopkins.jpg<br /> | office = [[Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament]]<br /> | term_start = 7 July 1979<br /> | term_end = 9 February 1982<br /> | predecessor = [[Geoffrey Rippon]]<br /> | successor = [[Henry Plumb]]<br /> | office1 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]&lt;br&gt;for [[Hereford and Worcester (European Parliament constituency)|Hereford and Worcester]]<br /> | term_start1 = 7 June 1979<br /> | term_end1 = 9 June 1994<br /> | predecessor1 = ''Position established''<br /> | successor1 = ''Position abolished''<br /> | office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]&lt;br&gt;for [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]]<br /> | term_start2 = 23 November 1967<br /> | term_end2 = 7 April 1979<br /> | predecessor2 = [[Aidan Crawley]]<br /> | successor2 = [[Matthew Parris]]<br /> | office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]&lt;br&gt;for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]]<br /> | term_start3 = 8 October 1959<br /> | term_end3 = 10 March 1966<br /> | predecessor3 = [[Harold Roper|Sir Harold Roper]]<br /> | successor3 = [[John Pardoe]]<br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|11|29|df=y}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], England<br /> | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|3|11|1921|11|29|df=y}}<br /> | death_place = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England<br /> | nationality = British<br /> | education = [[Eton College]]<br /> | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]<br /> | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<br /> | spouse = {{marriage|Geraldine Hargreaves|1946}}<br /> | children = 4<br /> | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}<br /> | branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}<br /> | battles = [[World War II]]<br /> | serviceyears = 1939&amp;ndash;1950<br /> }}<br /> '''Sir James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins''' (29 November 1921 – 11 March 1995) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.<br /> <br /> Born in [[Croydon]], Scott-Hopkins was educated at [[Eton College]] and the [[University of Oxford]]. He joined the [[British Army]] in 1939. He was commissioned in the [[3 Gorkha Rifles|3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles]] in 1942 and served on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]], commanding C Company of the 4th Battalion, and in [[Burma]] until 1946, having taken a regular commission in the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] in 1944. He retired from the Army in 1950 and became a farmer. He married Geraldine Hargreaves in [[Eton, Berkshire|Eton]] in 1946 (three sons, one daughter).<br /> <br /> Scott-Hopkins contested [[Bedwellty (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedwellty]] in 1955. He was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]] from 1959 until he lost the seat to the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[John Pardoe]] in 1966. He had served as joint [[Parliamentary Secretary]] at [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|MAFF]] 1962–64. He was re-elected as MP for [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]] at a 1967 [[by-election]], and served until 1979.<br /> <br /> His successor was [[Matthew Parris]]. He had served, concurrently (to 1979), as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 1979, when he was elected for the [[Hereford and Worcester (European Parliament constituency)|Hereford and Worcester]] European constituency, serving until 1994. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1981. He died in [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], aged 73.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * ''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974''<br /> * {{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{Portal|Cornwall}}<br /> * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-james-scott-hopkins | James Scott-Hopkins }}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-par|uk}}<br /> {{succession box<br /> | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]]<br /> | years = [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]]–[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]<br /> | before = [[Harold Roper|Sir Harold Roper]]<br /> | after = [[John Pardoe]]<br /> }}<br /> {{succession box<br /> | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]]<br /> | years = [[1967 West Derbyshire by-election|1967]]–[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]<br /> | before = [[Aidan Crawley]]<br /> | after = [[Matthew Parris]]<br /> }}<br /> {{s-par|eu}}<br /> {{s-new|constituency}}<br /> {{s-ttl|title=[[Member of the European Parliament]]&lt;br/&gt;for [[Hereford and Worcester (European Parliament constituency)|Hereford and Worcester]]|years=1979–1994}}<br /> {{s-non|reason=Constituency abolished}}<br /> {{s-ppo}}<br /> {{s-bef|before=[[Geoffrey Rippon]]}}<br /> {{s-ttl|title=[[Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament]]|years=1979–1982}}<br /> {{s-aft|after=[[Henry Plumb]]}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott-Hopkins, James}}<br /> [[Category:1921 births]]<br /> [[Category:1995 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]<br /> [[Category:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]<br /> [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]<br /> [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1959–1964]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1964–1966]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1966–1970]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1974]]<br /> [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]]<br /> [[Category:People educated at Eton College]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for North Cornwall]]<br /> [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MEPs]]<br /> [[Category:MEPs for the United Kingdom 1973–1979]]<br /> [[Category:MEPs for England 1979–1984]]<br /> [[Category:MEPs for England 1984–1989]]<br /> [[Category:MEPs for England 1989–1994]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]<br /> [[Category:Knights Bachelor]]<br /> [[Category:Politicians awarded knighthoods]]<br /> [[Category:Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{UK-MEP-stub}}<br /> {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1920s-stub}}</div> 2A02:C7F:B416:3000:CC8:CBC1:D9A7:F3CD