John Hope-Johnstone | |
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Member of the
British Parliament for Dumfriesshire | |
In office 1857–1865 | |
Preceded by | Viscount Drumlanrig |
Succeeded by | George Gustavus Walker |
In office 1830–1847 | |
Preceded by | William Johnstone Hope |
Succeeded by | Viscount Drumlanrig |
Personal details | |
Born | John James Johnstone 29 November 1796 |
Died | 11 July 1876 | (aged 79)
Political party | Tory |
Spouse |
Alicia Anne Gordon (
m. 1816) |
Children | 11 |
Parents |
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Occupation | Politician |
John James Hope-Johnstone of Annandale DL (29 November 1796 – 11 July 1876) was a Scottish Tory politician.
Hope-Johnstone was born on 29 November 1796. He was the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope GCB, and Lady Anne Hope-Johnstone, the eldest daughter of James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun. [1]
He was Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. [2] 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. [4] 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. [4]
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 1874. [5] He was de jure 7th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell. [6] He on several occasions sought to obtain a peerage, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
On 8 July 1816 he married Alicia Anne Gordon, eldest daughter of George Gordon, Esq. He lived at Raehills in Lockerbie (where he considerably extended the house but faced "estate debts"), [4] and Hook House, Dumfriesshire. Together, they had at least eleven children, including: [4]
The cause of his death in 1876 was given as "general decay". [4] As his eldest son William predeceased him, the claim to the earldom of Annandale and Hartfell passed to his grandson, John Hope Johnstone (1842–1912). [6]