The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead

Felix Edward HOPKINS

  • Died: 1853
  • Grave/memorial: XE 105

Died Christmas Day 1853 aged 22 months, brother of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Their family lived in Oak Hill Park from 1852 to 1886; the father was churchwarden. Did Gerard get inspiration for his poem, Felix Randall, from his brother’s name and from the name on the next grave, Randall?
Lived: Oak Hill Park
Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986