# Sir Ralph Hopton — The Splendid Spur character guide

> Sir Ralph Hopton in The Splendid Spur by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hopton

**First appearance:** 0016-xv-i-leave-joan-and-ride-to-the-wars

## Who they are

A leading royalist general in the West.

## In the story

### [I Take the Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/iv-i-take-the-road)

Recipient of the king's letter Jack is delivering.

### [How Joan Saved the Army of the West; and Saw the Fight on Braddock Down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/xii-how-joan-saved-the-army-of-the-west-and-saw-the-fight-on-braddock-down)

The Royalist general to whom Joan delivers the King's letter.

### [The Battle of Stamford Heath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/xvi-the-battle-of-stamford-heath)

General who speaks courteously to Jack and directs him to Sir Bevill's troop.

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