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Authorised form of nameHope; John (1704 - 1781); 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
Dates1704 - 1781
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHopetoun House
Date of birth07 September 1704
Place of deathHopetoun House
Date of death26 February 1781
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Abercorn, Linlithgow
ActivityCareer:
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 categoryFellow
Date of election08/02/1728
RelationshipsSon 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
SourceSources:
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.
CodeNA6097
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