John Hope-Johnstone | |
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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 | |
Born | 29 November 1796 |
Died | 11 July 1876 |
Political party | Tory |
Spouse |
Alicia Anne Gordon (
m. 1816) |
Children | at least 11 |
Parents |
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Occupation | politician |
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]