James Joseph Hope-Weir, of Blackwood & Craigiehall

Biographical Summary

Vere of Blackwood & Craigiehall, James Joseph Hope-. 03/06/1785-?. Ref: 1543. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: DL.
• Profession: Landowner.
• Appointments Held: Independent means.
• Marital Status: Married (1813) Lady Elizabeth Hay d.868.
• Mother: Sophia Corrie.
• Father: William Hope Weir, 1736-1811.
• References: Burke's Landed Gentry.
• Memberships: Highland Society(1816).
• Date of Election: 02/03/1829.
• Proposers: Thomas Allan, 11/12/1828, (ms Proposal NLS Acc. 10,000/44) (Billet 19/1/1929, 2/2/1829, 16/2/1829).
• Notes: Died 1840-1844.
• 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. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 954

Other References

• History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009