John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon

John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon, PC (7 April 1912 – 18 January 1996), known as Lord John Hope from 1912 to 1964, was a Scottish aristocrat and Tory politician.


The Lord Glendevon

PC
Portrait by Walter Bird in 1956
Minister of Works
In office
22 October 1959  16 July 1962
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byHugh Molson
Succeeded byGeoffrey Rippon
Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
18 January 1957  22 October 1959
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office
9 November 1956  18 January 1957
Prime MinisterAnthony Eden
Preceded byAllan Noble
Succeeded byCuthbert Alport
Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
18 October 1954  9 November 1956
Prime MinisterSir Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Member of Parliament
for Edinburgh Pentlands
Midlothian and Peebles Northern (1945–1950)
In office
5 July 1945  15 October 1964
Preceded bySir David King Murray
Succeeded byNorman Russell Wylie
Personal details
Born7 April 1912
Died18 January 1996(1996-01-18) (aged 83)
Political partyScottish Conservative Party
Other political
affiliations
Unionist Party (until 1965)
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Paravicini
(
m. 1948)
RelationsCharles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow (twin brother)
Children
Parents
EducationEton
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankMajor
UnitScots Guards
Battles/warsWorld War II

Early life

Hope was the younger son of Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Doreen Maud Milner. His elder twin brother was Charles William Frederick Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and served in the Second World War in Norway and Italy with the Scots Guards, achieving the rank of temporary Major. He was twice mentioned in despatches.

Political career

In 1945 Hope was elected Member of Parliament for Midlothian and Peebles North, a seat he held until 1950, and then represented Edinburgh Pentlands from 1950 to 1964. [1]

Hope served in the Conservative administrations of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1954 to 1956, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from 1956 to 1957 and as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1957 to 1959. In 1959 he was appointed Minister of Works and invested a Privy Counsellor. Hope remained as head of the Ministry of Works until 1962. [1]In 1964 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Glendevon, of Midhope in the County of Linlithgow.[2]

Personal life

Lord Glendevon married Elizabeth Paravicini (1915–1998), the former wife of Vincent Paravicini and the only child of the author W. Somerset Maugham, in 1948. They had two sons. Lord Glendevon died on 18 January 1996, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Julian.

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References

  1. "Lord John Hope April 7, 1912 - January 17, 1996". Historic Hansard. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "No. 43383". The London Gazette. 17 July 1964. p. 6097.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir David King Murray
Member of Parliament for Midlothian & Peebles North
19451950
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands
19501964
Succeeded by
Norman Russell Wylie
Political offices
Preceded by
Anthony Nutting
Douglas Dodds-Parker
Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs

1954–1956
With: Robin Turton 1954–1955
Douglas Dodds-Parker 1955–1956
Succeeded by
Douglas Dodds-Parker
William David Ormsby-Gore
Preceded by
Allan Noble
Under-Secretary of State
for Commonwealth Relations

1956–1957
Succeeded by
Cuthbert Alport
Preceded by
James Henderson Stewart
Jack Nixon Browne
Niall Macpherson
Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
1957–1959
With: Jack Nixon Browne 1957–1959
Niall Macpherson 1957–1959
Succeeded by
Niall Macpherson
Tam Galbraith
Gilmour Leburn
Preceded by
Hugh Molson
Minister of Works
1959–1962
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Rippon
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Glendevon
1964–1996
Succeeded by
Julian John Somerset Hope
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