We are sorry to announce that Gordon Hopewell has passed away. The following obituary is courtesy of Isobel Morris

Gordon Hopewell went up to Trinity Hall in 1966 to read Natural Sciences and researched in the field of genetics. His early working life was spent in London, as an actuary, and he later managed the family furniture business.

He began a lifetime passion playing croquet as one of a group of Nottingham High School boys who somehow persuaded the staff at the Nottingham club to allow them to spend their games afternoon learning croquet. That the then, sparse and elderly, membership of the club tolerated, if not encouraged, them probably contributed a lot to its survival for the next sixty years. He was a long-standing member of the Croquet Association and latterly Croquet England

Apart from croquet, he was a good cook, avid reader, with a fine library and cellar, and opera enthusiast.

He died after a very brief spell in hospital on Saturday 4th April, 2026. He will be sadly missed by the many friends who knew him.

Gordon’s funeral was held on Tuesday, 12th May, at Honor Oak Crematorium, Brockley Way, London.