John Hope-Johnstone
Member of the British Parliament
for Dumfriesshire
In office
1830–1847
In office
1857–1865
7th (de jure) Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
In office
1818–1876[1]
Personal details
Born29 November 1796
Died11 July 1876
Political partyTory
Spouse
Alicia Anne Gordon
​
(m. 1816)​
Childrenat least 11
Parents
Occupationpolitician

John James Hope-Johnstone of Annandale (29 November 1796 – 11 July 1876) was a Scottish Tory politician. He was the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope GCB and Lady Anne, eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl of Hopetoun. On 8 July 1816 he married Alicia Anne, eldest daughter of George Gordon esq; they had at least 11 children.[2] He was Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. Hope-Johnstone was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire from 1830 until 1847 and again from 1857 to 1865.[3] He succeeded his father after the latter's retirement, reportedly at the urging of the newly crowned king William IV.[2] While in Parliament, he supported several reform bills and introduced a petition from Church of Scotland ministers supporting daily Bible classes for Protestant children in Ireland.[2]

He lived at Raehills in Lockerbie (where he considerably extended the house but faced "estate debts"),[2] and Hook House, Dumfriesshire.

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 1874.[4]

He was de jure 7th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell.[1] He on several occasions sought to obtain a peerage, but was ultimately unsuccessful. The cause of his death in 1876 was given as "general decay".[2]

Sources

  • Oliver & Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository, 1845

References

  1. 1 2 Morris, Susan (2020). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. p. 1548. ISBN 9781999767051.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Fisher, David. "HOPE JOHNSTONE, John James (1796-1876), of Raehills, Dumfries". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 581. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ↑ "No. 8463". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 March 1874. p. 217.


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