Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton was an English politician, military officer and peer. During the First English Civil War, he served as Royalist commander in the West Country, and was made Baron Hopton
Sir Ralph Hopton, Baron Stratton
Hopton helped Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, escape from Prague in 1620
Hopton's friend and political associate, Edward Hyde, future Earl of Clarendon
Nine years after his death, Hopton was reburied in 1661 at St Mary's, Witham Friary in Somerset.
Battle of Lansdowne
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The First English Civil War battle of Lansdowne, or Lansdown, was fought on 5 July 1643, at Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset, England. Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliament
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
…supporters in Cornwall. Under his command, the Royalists won victories at Braddock Down in January 1643, then Stratton in May. After the inconclusive Battle of Lansdowne on 5 July, he linked up with Hertford and Prince Maurice; their combined force destroyed William Waller's Western Association army at Roundway Down on…
The battlefield today with Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument, at the place where he fell
Battlefield marker