Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton

Battles of Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton

English politician, 1598 to 1652

Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1646: 8 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 657 km apart end to end, 73 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (5), English Civil War (4).

Siege of ExeterBattle of Sourton DownBattle of StrattonBattle of AltonBattle of CheritonBattle of Braddock DownBattle of LansdowneBattle of Roundway DownSieges of TauntonBattle of TorringtonBattle of Braddock DownBattle of LansdowneBattle of Roundway DownSieges of TauntonBattle of TorringtonLe HavreBrightonPortsmouthLutonOxfordCambridgeExeterCherbourgPenzanceBournemouth100 km50.923N, 2.772W
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 1 engagements1643: 6 engagements6 in 16431644: 2 engagements1646: 1 engagements16421646
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Exeter, 1642Battle of Braddock Down, 1643Battle of Sourton Down, 1643Battle of Stratton, 1643Battle of Lansdowne, 1643Battle of Roundway Down, 1643Battle of Alton, 1643Battle of Cheriton, 1644Sieges of Taunton, 1644Battle of Torrington, 164616421646
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1642Siege of ExeterExeter, United KingdomParliamentary victory
19 January 1643Battle of Braddock DownBraddock, United Kingdom81 km SWRoyalist victory
25 April 1643Battle of Sourton DownDartmoor, United Kingdom48 km NEParliamentarian victory
16 May 1643Battle of StrattonStratton, United Kingdom35 km NWRoyalist victory
5 July 1643Battle of LansdowneLansdown, United Kingdom162 km NERoyalist victory (see #Aftermath)
13 July 1643Battle of Roundway DownDevizes, United Kingdom30 km ERoyalist victory
13 December 1643Battle of AltonAlton, United Kingdom75 km EParliamentary victory
29 March 1644Battle of CheritonCheriton, United Kingdom16 km SWParliamentarian victory
September 1644Sieges of TauntonTaunton, United Kingdom137 km WParliamentarian victory
16 February 1646Battle of TorringtonGreat Torrington, United Kingdom73 km WParliament victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.