Hopkins (Baronet)
Family title
Baronet 1795
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Hopkins (Baronet) | Sir Francis Hopkins (1756-1814), MP for Kilbeggan 1798-1800, was created a baronet in 1795. He was the son of Francis Hopkins and his wife Martha Burton. He was succeeded by his only son Sir Francis 2nd Baronet who in a report of 1839 stated that he had purchased two properties in county Westmeath since 1836 (Parliamentary Papers -Report from Select Committees of the House of Lords, (1780-1849) Vol 11, 234). One of these was Rochfort House and demesne. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the Hopkins estate was in the parishes of Moylisker, Mullingar and Dysart. His sister Anna Maria was married to Nicholas Loftus Tottenham of Glenfarne Hall, county Leitrim and inherited his estate as she is recorded in 1876 as the owner of 2,588 acres in county Westmeath. |