Austin Hopkinson JP
(1879-1962)
industrialist, inventor, Justice of the Peace, Member of Parliament (1918), Member of Parliament (1918-1929), and Member of Parliament (1931-1945)
Died aged c. 83
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Austin Hopkinson 1879-1962 Local industrialist, inventor and M.P. for Mossley, Bought Ryecroft Hall (originally built in 1849/50) in 1913. Hopkinson, owner of Delta Engineering, presented Ryecroft Hall to Audenshaw UDC in 1920. It is now used by Tameside MBC and the local community.
Ryecroft Hall, Audenshaw, United Kingdom where they lived (1913-1920)