Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Hopton an ba shi izini a cikin 79th Foot. Ya yi yaƙi a Siege na Sevastapol a lokacin Yakin Crimean da kuma Siege na Lucknow a lokacin Indian Mutiny sannan ya yi aiki tare da Connaught Rangers a lokacin Yakin Xhosa na 9
na 1877 zuwa 1878. Ya ci gaba da zama Kanar na Connaught Rangers kuma an nada shi Mataimakin Gwamnan Jersey a 1895. A lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Biyu ya sami matsala wajen kiyaye tsari a kan Jersey a fuskar halayen Pro-Boer na wasu daga cikin 'yan tsibirin Faransa.