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Vice Admiral Edward Hopson (died 8 May 1728) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Hopson was promoted to post captain on 24 July 1696 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Thunderbolt. He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS Mary in 1702 and commanded her at the Battle of Vigo Bay in October 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was given command of the third-rate HMS Burford in 1715 and of the third-rate HMS Dorsetshire in 1719.
Hopson became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in January 1728 and took command of a small squadron which was undertaking a Blockade of Porto Bello during the Anglo-Spanish War but succumbed to tropical diseases and died on 8 May 1728.