John Turner Hopwood

John Turner Hopwood (1829 – 1 January 1900)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician, and barrister.

His paternal grandfather, also named Robert, was the second mayor of Blackburn.

He was returned unopposed in 1859,[4] and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1865 general election.

[5] Their son, Aubrey Hopwood, was a novelist who co-wrote the lyrics for A Runaway Girl, The Lucky Star, and Alice in Wonderland.

[6] Their third son, Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868–1949) was referred to as the "poet laureate" of the Royal Navy by Time Magazine.