James Hope (1807–1854)
Scottish soldier and politician (1807–1854)
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James Hope (7 June 1807 – 7 January 1854),[1] later known as James Hope-Wallace,[2] was a Scottish soldier, landowner and politician.
James Hope | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgowshire | |
| In office 1835–1838 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Alexander Hope |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1807 |
| Died | 7 January 1854 (aged 46) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Lady Mary Frances Nugent
(m. 1837) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Charles Hope (brother) John Hope (brother) Alexander Hope (uncle) Thomas Wallace (uncle) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Unit | Coldstream Guards |
Biography
A younger son of General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, and his second wife Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn, he served in the Coldstream Guards, where he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[2]
He was elected unopposed at the 1835 general election as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgowshire,[3] and re-elected against a Liberal Party opponent in 1837.[3] He resigned from the House of Commons in 1838, by the procedural advice of accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He changed his name to Hope-Wallace on 4 March 1837,[4] in connection with inheriting the estates of his uncle Lord Wallace[4] (1768–1844), including Featherstone Castle in Northumberland.
He served at some point as a Deputy Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.[4]
He died on 7 January 1854 at Haltwhistle, Northumberland.[2]
Family
On 4 March 1837, he married Lady Mary Frances Nugent (1811–1904), daughter of George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath, and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Emily Moore.[2] Their son John George Frederick Hope-Wallace (1839–1900) in 1867 married Mary Frances Drinkwater Bethune (1847–1929), eldest child of Admiral Charles Ramsay Bethune,[2] and had seven children.
A great-grandson was the critic Philip Hope-Wallace CBE[2] and his sister was Jacqueline Hope-Wallace CBE, a senior civil servant who was the partner of the author Dame Veronica Wedgwood.[5]
