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| | James Robert Hope-Scott |
 | | James Robert Hope-Scott (July 15, 1812 - April 29, 1873), English barrister and Tractarian[?], was born at Great Marlow, Berkshire, the third son of Sir Alexander Hope, and grandson of the second earl of Hopetoun. |
 | | At this time he was making a very large income at the Parliamentary bar, He only commenced serious practice in this branch of his profession in 1843, but by the end of 1845 he stood at the heat of it and in 1846 was made a Queen's Counsel. |
 | | In 1847 he married Miss Lockhart, granddaughter of Sir Walter Scott, ant on her coming into possession of Abbotsford six years later assumed the surname of Hope-Scott. |
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