James Scott-Hopkins

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James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins (29 November 1921 – 11 March 1995) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Scott-Hopkins was educated at Eton College and Oxford University. He joined the British Army in 1939. He was commissioned in the 3rd QAC Gurkha Rifles in 1942 and served on the North-West Frontier 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.

Scott-Hopkins contested Bedwellty in 1955. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from 1959 until he lost the seat to the Liberal John Pardoe in 1966. He had served as joint Parliamentary Secretary at MAFF 1962-64. He was re-elected as MP for West Derbyshire at a 1967 by-election, and served until 1979. His successor was Matthew Parris. He had served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1975 to 1979, when he was elected for the Hereford and Worcester European constituency, serving until 1994.

[edit] References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Harold Roper	Member of Parliament for North Cornwall 1959–1966	Succeeded by John Pardoe
Preceded by Aidan Crawley	Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire 1967–1979	Succeeded by Matthew Parris