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Authorised form of name	Hope; John (1704 - 1781); 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
Dates	1704 - 1781
Nationality	British
Place of birth	Hopetoun House
Date of birth	07 September 1704
Place of death	Hopetoun House
Date of death	26 February 1781
DatesAndPlaces	Burial: Abercorn, Linlithgow
Activity	Career: Lord of Police for Scotland (1744-1760); Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1754); died of dropsy on the chest
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	08/02/1728
Relationships	Son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, and his wife, Henrietta, daughter of William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, and his first wife, Sophia, daughter of John Fairholm of Craigiehead, Linlithgow; succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Hopetoun Married: 1) Anne, daughter of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater, and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hay, 6th Earl of Kinnoull; 2) Jean, daughter of Robert Oliphant of Rossie, Perthshire, third, Elizabeth, daughter of David Monypenny
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll References: 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1781, p95 Notes: Proposed by William Jones. Before his succession to his father's title, he was known as Lord Hope.
Code	NA6097

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