James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun

Biographical Summary

Hope, from 1792 Hope Johnstone, Earl of Hopetoun, James. 23/08/1741-29/05/1816. Ref: 758. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (1781), Baron (1809) Lord Lieutenant (1794-1816), Linlithgowshire.
• Place of Birth: West Lothian.
• Place of Death: Hopetoun House, West Lothian.
• Profession: Landowner,Soldier.
• Appointments Held: Ensign 1758-64 Germany; Representative Peer 1784-90, 1794-6.
• Marital Status: Married (1766) Lady Elizabeth Carnegie d.1793.
• Mother: Lady Anne Ogilvy d.1759.
• Father: John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun FRS d.1781.
• Siblings: Half-brother of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun FRSE 1766-1823.
• Other Family: brother-in-law of Charles Hope (Lord Granton) FRSE 1763-1851, Henry Dundas (Viscount Melville), FRSE 1742-1811, Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre FRSE 1771-1837.
• Father-in-law of Archibald Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald FRSE 1749-1831.
• References: DNB 27, 1891, 316; Anderson 2, 494-5; The Scots Peerage, 4, 1907, 500; Shapin 251.
• Date of Election: 23/01/1786.
• Proposers: John Walker, James Hutton, Henry Cullen (Physical Section Minute 07/11/1785 NLS Acc10,000/2).
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 453

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