Hopton was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1895, and thus also in command of the troops on the island.The County Families of the United Kingdom by Edward Walford During the Second Boer War he had some difficulty maintaining order on Jersey in the face of Pro-Boer attitudes of some of the French Islanders.Trouble at St Helier's: British Resent Pro-Boer Attitude of the French Islanders New York Times, 1900
