Sir W. H. St. John Hope

Sir William Henry St. John Hope (1854–1919) was an English antiquary and archaeologist. Educated at Cambridge, he served for many years as assistant secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and became a leading authority on medieval architecture, heraldry and the history of churches and castles. He directed excavations at the Roman town of Silchester, and wrote on Windsor Castle, the Garter stall plates at Windsor, English cathedral and monastic buildings, and Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers, a practical handbook published in 1913. He was knighted in 1914.