Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet

Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet (13 April 1781 – 5 June 1853) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.

Sir John Hope, of Craighall, by Thomas Hodgetts, National Galleries Scotland

Life

Sir John was born at Pinkie House on 13 April 1781, the oldest son of Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet and his second wife, Elizabeth Patoun (d. 1818), the daughter of John Patoun of Inveresk.[1][2] He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his unmarried half-brother, Sir Thomas Hope, 10th Baronet.[1] The Hope Baronetcy of Craighall in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 19 February 1628 for Thomas Hope, a Scottish lawyer and advisor to Charles I.[3]

Sir John was first elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Midlothian in June 1845 upon the retirement of William Ramsay Ramsay, Esq..[2] He was re-elected without opposition in 1847 and 1852.[2] He was also a Vice-Lieutenant for the county.[2]

Additionally, Sir John was a Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant in the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry and a Deputy-Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland.[2]

Family
General Sir William Hope's Grave, Inveresk Parish Kirkyard

Sir John married Anne, 4th daughter of Sir John Wedderburn, 6th Baronet of Blackness and Ballindean, on 17 June 1805 and had the following children:[1]

Sir John died on at his son Hugh's Hyde Park residence.[2] Sir John and his wife are buried in the Hope Baronets plot at St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Scotland.[2] An adjacent plot holds the graves of many of Sir John's family.

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References
  1. "Peerage and Baronetage". Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. pp. 1034–1035. Retrieved 6 August 2017. Hope
  2. Sylvanus Urban (July 1853). THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. p. 90. Retrieved 6 August 2017. Sir John Hope, Bart., M.P.
  3. "Creations by Charles I; Hope". Complete Baronetage: English, Irish and Scottish, 1625-1649. W. Pollard & Company, Limited. 1902. pp. 343–345. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. Edward Cave (October 1867). The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 223. Edward Cave, John Nichols. p. 544. Retrieved 6 August 2017. Rear-Admiral Thomas Hope
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Ramsay Ramsay		 Member of Parliament for Midlothian
1845 – 1853		 Succeeded by
William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Thomas Hope		 Baronet
(of Craighall)
1801–1853		 Succeeded by
Archibald Hope
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