| Authorised form of name | Beresford-Hope; Alexander James Beresford (1820 - 1887) |
| Other forms of name | Alexander James Beresford Beresford- |
| Other forms of surname | Hope |
| Dates | 1820 - 1887 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 25 January 1820 |
| Place of death | His seat at Bedgebury Park, Cranbook, Kent |
| Date of death | 20 October 1887 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Kilndown, Kent |
| Activity | Education:
Harrow School; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1841), MA (1844), DCL (1848)
Career:
MP for Maidstone, Kent (1841-1852; 1857-1859); MP for Cambridge University (1868-1887); paid for All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London to be built; co-founded the 'Saturday Review' (1855); Privy Councillor (1880)
Memberships:
Institute of Architects (President 1865-1867)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/06/1880 |
| Relationships | Son of Thomas Hope (FRS 1804) and his wife Louise Beresford, daughter of the Hon and Rev Wm Beresford; took the additional name Beresford upon inheriting the estates of his stepfather, William Carr Beresford (1854); married (07 July 1842) Lady Mildred Arabella Charlotte Cecil, sister of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (FRS 1869) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 10 September 1870 |
| Code | NA6505 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1880/18 | Beresford-Hope, Alexander James Beresford: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HSF/1/2/41 | Letter from A J [Alexander James] Beresford Hope, Arklow House, Connaught Place, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel] | 28 July 1862 |