Hopton Haynes

Hopton Haynes (1667[1]–1749) was an English employee of the Royal Mint and theological writer.

Born about 1672, Haynes entered the service of the Mint as weigher and teller in 1696 or early in 1697, almost at the same time as Isaac Newton's appointment as Warden.

[2] In April 1737, after forty years in the Mint, Haynes was allowed to appoint a deputy.

He retired on full pension, 8 February 1749, retaining the auditorship of the tally office in the exchequer.

[2] It was through Haynes that William Whiston, in 1712, communicated with Newton on the subject of baptism.