Charles Hope (politician)

Charles Hope
7th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office
1845–1860
Monarch Victoria
Preceded by John Ready
Succeeded by Mark Hildesley Quayle
(acting)
Personal details
Born Charles Hope
11 September 1808
Linlithgowshire
Died 31 October 1893
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Lady Isabella-Helen Douglas

Charles Hope (11 September 1808 – 31 October 1893), styled The Honourable from 1823, was a Scottish Conservative Party[1] politician.

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Career

The son of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun and Louisa Wedderburn, and a brother of John Hope, 5th Earl of Hopetoun, he married Lady Isabella-Helen Douglas, eldest daughter of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1841.[2] He was called to the Scottish bar in 1831 and appointed one of the Commissioners of the Greenwich Hospital in 1841. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgowshire from 1838[2] until 1845 when he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.[3] He resigned in 1860 and retired initially to Bridge Castle and then to St Mary's Isle near Kirkcudbright.[2]

His grandson, Charles Dunbar Hope-Dunbar, proved his claim to the Dunbar Baronetcy of Baldoon (created in 1664) in 1916 and became the 6th Baronet (see Hope-Dunbar Baronets).

References

  1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 595. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  2. ^ a b c Isle of Man Governors
  3. ^ World Statesmen

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Hope		 Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire
1838 – 1845		 Succeeded by
William Baillie
Government offices
Preceded by
John Ready		 Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
1845–1860		 Succeeded by
Mark Hildesley Quayle
(acting)