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Robert Hopton (died 1638) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1604 and 1622.

Hopton was the eldest son of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary, Somerset and his wife Rachel Hall, daughter of Edmund Hall of Gretford, Lincolnshire. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury. Between about 1609 and 1617 he was engaged in the construction of Evercreech House. He was Sheriff of Somerset for the year 1618 to 1619. In 1621 he was elected MP for Somerset.[1]

By his wife Jane Kemeys, Hopton was the father of Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton; William Hopton; Abigail Hopton, who married Nicholas Stillwell; Mary Hopton, who married Sir Henry Mackworth; Margaret Hopton, who married Sir Baynham Throckmorton, MP; Catherine Hopton; and Rachael Hopton.

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  1. ^ Joseph Jackson Howard (ed.) Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
1604–1611
With: John Budden 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Somerset
1621–1622
With: Sir Maurice Berkeley 		Succeeded by
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