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  Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681-26 February 1742) was a Scottish nobleman
Created Earl of Hopetoun in the Peerage of Scotland in 1703, he supported union with England.
He later served as a Scottish representative peer from 1722 until his death, and was Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire from 1715 until his death and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1723.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Hope,_1st_Earl_of_Hopetoun   (167 words)

  
 Marquess of Linlithgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Marquess of Linlithgow was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1902 for the 7th Earl of Hopetoun, the first Governor-General of Australia.
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860-1908) (became Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902)
Charles William Frederick Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow (1912-1987)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Hopetoun   (206 words)

  
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Sir Thomas's son,' Sir James Hope of Hopetoun (1614—1661), Scottish lord of session, was grandfather of Charles, 1st earl of Hopetoun in the Scots peerage (1681—1742), who was created earl in 1703; and his grandson, the 3rd earl, was in 1809 made a baron of the United Kingdom.
The marquessate of Linlithgow was bestowed on the 7th earl of Hopetoun in 1902, in recognition of his success as first governor (1900—19o2) of the commonwealth of Australia; he died on the 1st of March 1908, being succeeded as 2nd marquess by his eldest son (b.
The earldom of Callendar, which was thus united with that of Linlithgow, was bestowed in 1641 upon James Livingstone, the third son of the 1st earl of Linlithgow.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=40777&locale=en   (801 words)

  
 Hopetoun House Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Hopetoun House was designed by Sir William Bruce for Charles Hope, who later became the 1st Earl of Hopetoun.
William Adam worked on Hopetoun House until his death in 1748, at which point the development was taken over by his sons, especially by John and Robert Adam, who oversaw the building of the pavilions and much of the interior decoration.
Hopetoun House remains the family home of the Hopes, who retain the hereditary titles of Marquess of Linlithgow and Earl of Hopetoun.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /queensferry/hopetounhouse/index.html   (1319 words)

  
 History and Conservation - Hopetoun House, SCOTLAND'S FINEST STATELY HOME
Hopetoun has been the ancestral home of the Hope family for over 300 years; Adrian, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow and the present head of the family, still lives in the House.
It is a measure of Hopetoun’s importance that, in 1822, George IV visited the House at the end of his state visit to Scotland and was received by the 4th Earl.
Charles, 9th Earl and 3rd Marquess (1912-1987) served in the Second World War and was taken prisoner with the 51st (Highland) Division in 1940 before being held at Colditz as one of the ‘prominente’.
www.hopetounhouse.com /content_history.htm   (1794 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 16
Charles, of Richmond, Duke of RichmondandLennox 1 Lennox, b.
Charles, of Richmond, Duke of RichmondandLennox 2 Lennox, b.
Charles, of Richmond, Duke of RichmondandLennox 4 Lennox, b.
www.hull.ac.uk /php/cssbct/genealogy/royal/gedFx16.html   (309 words)

  
 Hope Family Crest
The name Hope comes from when the family lived in one of the various settlements of Hope found in Derbyshire, Shropshire, and the North Riding of Yorkshire, among other places, or in or near a raised area of land in a fen, or a small, enclosed valley.
Charles Hope (1681-1742) Scottish 1st Earl of Hopetoun
In the Hope coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/hope-family-crest.htm   (561 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and others
     Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun was born in 1681.
She was the daughter of John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar and Lady Frances Pierrepont.
She married John Francis Erskine, 24th Earl of Mar, son of James Erskine and Lady Frances Erskine, on 17 March 1770.
www.thepeerage.com /p2590.htm   (614 words)

  
 Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
The name Hope is thought to be of native Scots origin and derives from the borders family of Hop or Hoip.
His grandson, Sir Thomas Hope, acquired the estate of Craighall in the parish of Ceres in Fife, which was to become the principal family designation.
In 1729, the sizth baronet sold the Craighall estate to his kinsman, The Earl of Hopetoun.The parkland known as The Meadows, on the South side of Edinburgh was laid out by the eighth Baronet of Craighall who was a distinguished agricultual improver.
www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=hope.html   (271 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Lady Anne Vane and others
She married, firstly, Charles Hope-Vere, son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone, on 20 March 1745/46.
She married Charles Hope-Vere, son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone, on 2 April 1766.
She was the daughter of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone.
www.thepeerage.com /p3671.htm   (656 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 19
Charles Tottenham, Marquess of Ely 1st Loftus, b.
Charles V the Wise of France, King of France de Valois, b.
Charles William of, Margrave of Anspach Anspach, b.
www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk /genealogy/royal/gedFx19.html   (659 words)

  
 LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIA... - Online Information article about LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIA...
The marquessate of Linlithgow was bestowed on the 7th earl of Hopetoun in 1902, in recognition of his success as first See also:
George, 3rd earl of Linlithgow (1616-169o), and the latter's son, George, the 4th earl (c.
Almond in 1633 by Charles I., and eight years later the king wished to make him lord high treasurer of Scotland.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LEO_LOB/LINLITHGOW_JOHN_ADRIAN_LOUIS_HO.html   (1111 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 42
Hope, Andrew Victor Arthur Charles, Earl of Hopetoun, b.
Hope, Charles William Frederick, Marquess of Linlithgow 3, b.
Howard, Charles of Greystoke, Lord of the Manor, b.
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 dgreenlaw1660timeline
1661 Patrick Maule (1st Earl of Panmure and Baron of Brechin and Navar) died - Royalist and soldier
1682 Archibald Campbell (3rd Duke of Argyll and 1st Earl of Islay) born - Politician, lawyer and soldier
1717 John Campbell (1st Earl of Breadalbane) died - Descended from the Campbells of Glenorchy, Breadalbane was a supporter of William of Orange and the expulsion of King James VII (1633 - 1701)
www.justice101us.com /greenlaw/dgreenlaw1660timeline.htm   (1592 words)

  
 Broadside entitled 'A Congratulatory Poem'
The wedding between Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, and Henrietta, daughter to the Rt Hon.
Charles and his mother, Margaret, commissioned Sir Willliam Bruce, with the help of Robert Adam, to build Hopetoun House in 1699.
Charles became 1st Earl of Hopetoun in 1703.
www.nls.uk /broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15870   (181 words)

  
 Tour Information
The mansion underwent repair in 1757 by George the nineteenth Earl of Crawford.
In the early seventeen hundreds Luffness was sold by the Durhams to Charles Hope, First Earl of Hopetoun, and the family living there now are his descendents.
To the east of the village is Kilconquhar House (a former home of the Earls of Lindsay) and the remains of a castle built in 1547.
caledoniantravelinc.com /lindsaytour.html   (2144 words)

  
 hopeingles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Charles Hope-Vere by his third wife, Helen, daughter of George Dunbar, and was grandson of Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun.
He was born in 1767, and entered the service in 1782.
He died at the Admiralty in 1818, and was buried at Westminster Abbey.
hnelson.iespana.es /hopeingles.htm   (324 words)

  
 ViolentScissors: Adam, Robert
In 1754 Robert Adam, who by then considered himself to be worth £5,000, was invited to accompany the Honourable Charles Hope, the earl of Hopetoun's younger brother, to Italy.
He thus had the opportunity to realize the dream he had been saving for since his father's death, and, just as important, he had the social advantages of traveling with the brother of an earl.
Grafton, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke Of, Earl Of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, Baron Sudbury
violentscissors.blogspot.com /2004/03/adam-robert.html   (89 words)

  
 Claude Comiers
The house was never built, probably because John Hope drowned at sea while accompanying the Duke of York to Scotland in May 1682.
Claude Comier’s townhouse plan for John Hope is based, as closely as the site and practical demands would allow, on the most influential French plan of the seventeenth century – that of the second house at Versailles built by Philibert Le Roy for Louis XIII between 1631 and 1634.
John Hope and his architect aspired to greater things and the only other house in Edinburgh of this date to incorporate a gallery, on an appropriately grand scale was Holyrood Palace.
silberstern.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /page8.html   (1453 words)

  
 hope02
(07.08.1798) Elizabeth Hope (dsp 20.03.1801, dau of Charles Hope-Vere of Craigiehall)
(08.08.1793) Charles Hope of Granton, Sheriff of Orkney (b 29.06.1763, d 30.10.1851, President of Court of Session)
Charles Hope of Granton, Sheriff of Orkney (b 29.06.1763, d 30.10.1851, President of Court of Session)
www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/hh4bz/hope02.htm   (1138 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 36
Erskine, Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar, Earl of Buchan 15th, b.
Erskine, Walter Henry, Earl of Mar 11th, b.
Feilding, Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius A, Earl of Denbigh 9th, b.
www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk /public/genealogy/royal/gedx36.html   (352 words)

  
 Defence - Tree For All
They were helped and coached in their task by Captain Boss of the HMS Beautiful Flower), Mrs Know it All (the pub landlady who has all the gossip for sailors) and Andrew Miller, a crewman on the Defence.
Captain Hope also had Scottish connections, being the grandson of the Earl of Hopetown.
Captain Hope had by then gone on to command other ships including HMS Victory, and was promoted to Rear Admiral.
www.treeforall.org.uk /trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Defence   (957 words)

  
 Clan Hope from Scottish kilts
The immediate ancestor of the principal line, John de Hope is thought to have come to Scotland from France in 1537 as part of the retinue of James V's first wife Magdalen.
His eldest son, took the title of "Lord Craighall" and is credited with advising the exiled Charles II to 'tret with Cromwell for the one half of his cloak before he lost the whole'.
In the eighteenth century the Earls of Hopetoun acquired vast estates and eventually came to own the majority of West Lothian as well as large parts of Lanarkshire and East Lothian.
scottishkilts.net /clan/clan_hope.html   (554 words)

  
 dgreenlaw1660timeline
1695 Patrick Lyon (1st Earl of Strathmore and 3rd Earl of Kinghorne) died - Lyon succeeded his father, becoming the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne in 1646
1742 Charles Hope (1st Earl of Hopetoun) died - Politician and noble
1761 Archibald Campbell (3rd Duke of Argyll and 1st Earl of Islay) died - Politician, lawyer and soldier
www.justice101us.com /greenlaw/jgreenlaw1689timeline.htm   (1853 words)

  
 Overview of Charles Hope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In 1702, soon after Hope came of age, he was elected to Parliament as Member for Linlithgow.
His father, John Hope (d.1682), had died in 1682 saving Anne's father, King James II and VII (1633 - 1701) from a shipwreck off the Norfolk coast.
His father having purchased the Hopetoun estates in 1678, Hope, together with his mother Margaret, commissioned Sir William Bruce (1630 - 1710) to build Hopetoun House in 1699.
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1170.html   (145 words)

  
 List of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Charles William Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch
Charles John Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
HRH Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales
en.wikilib.org /wiki/List_of_Knights_and_Ladies_of_the_Thistle   (397 words)

  
 I23751: John Alexander Hope 6th Earl Of Hopetoun (22 MAR 1831 - 2 APR 1873)
I23751: John Alexander Hope 6th Earl Of Hopetoun (22 MAR 1831 - 2 APR 1873)
Spouses of John Alexander Hope 6th Earl Of Hopetoun
Descendants of John Alexander Hope 6th Earl Of Hopetoun and Etheldred Anne Reynardson
web.ukonline.co.uk /nigel.battysmith/Database/D0004/I23751.html   (77 words)

  
 The National Archives | Search the archives | National Register of Archives | Details
Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852-1928) 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman (69)
Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881) Earl of Beaconsfield, statesman (97)
Egerton, Francis (1800-1857) 1st Earl of Ellesmere (23)
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /nra/searches/pidocs.asp?LR=800001   (2751 words)

  
 Trafalgar Anniversary - Tree For All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Morayshire school children join the Woodland Trust and The Crown Estate to plant a new native wood to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar
The wood will be named after the HMS Defence (4), one of the ships of the Trafalgar fleet, which was captained by a Scot, George Hope (5).
Captain Hope went on to command other ships including HMS Victory, and was promoted to Rear Admiral.
www.treeforall.org.uk /Scotland/News/Trafalgar+Anniversary.htm   (1225 words)

  
 decendants of George Douglas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Douglas, William [25503] 1st earl of Selkirk 3rd duke of Hamilton d.1694
Fairholm, Sophia [25603] m.1657 wife of William Johnstone, earl of Annandale, 1st marquess of Annandale
Hamilton, Lady Anne [25510] duchess of Hamilton wife of William Douglas, earl of Selkirk, 3rd duke of Hamilton
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 I23755: John Hope 5th Earl Of Hopetoun (15 NOV 1803 - 8 APR 1843)
I23755: John Hope 5th Earl Of Hopetoun (15 NOV 1803 - 8 APR 1843)
Spouses of John Hope 5th Earl Of Hopetoun
Descendants of John Hope 5th Earl Of Hopetoun and Lady Louisa MacDonald
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