Frank Hopkins

Admiral Sir Frank Henry Edward Hopkins, (23 June 1910 – 14 April 1990) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.

Naval career Educated at the Nautical College at Pangbourne in Berkshire, Hopkins joined the Royal Navy in 1927.

Hopkins served in the Second World War, initially on the staff of the naval observer school at Ford in Sussex. He was one of the admirals who threatened to resign in protest over the decision by the Labour Secretary of State for Defence, Denis Healey, to cancel the CVA-01 aircraft carrier programme. His last role was as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, in 1966; he retired in 1967.

Family In 1933, Hopkins married Joan Mary Standring; they had one daughter. Following a divorce, he married Lois Barbara Cook in 1939; there were no children. Following the death of his second wife, he married Georgianna Priest in 1988.