1763 - 1851 (88 years)
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| Name |
Charles Hope [1] |
| Suffix |
of Granton, Sheriff of Orkney |
| Birth |
29 Jun 1763 [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
31 Oct 1851 [2] |
| Person ID |
I191865 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- 1 - Rt. Hon. Charles Hope, Lord Granton was educated at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland . He was admitted as Advocate in 1784. He held the office of Sheriff of Orkney in 1792. He held the office of Lord Advocate between 1801 and 1804. He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Edinburgh between 1803 and 1805. He held the office of Lord Justice Clerk between 1804 and 1811. He was styled as Lord Granton [Scottish Law Lord]. He held the office of Lord President of the Court of Sessions between 1811 and 1836. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1822 and held the office of Lord Justice General between 1836 and 1841.
[http://www.thepeerage.com/p3674.htm#i36732]
2 - Hope, Right Hon. Charles, of Granton, admitted 14 Dec. 1784, eldest son of John Hope, London, born 29 June 1763, died 31 Oct. 1851, mar. 8 Aug. 1793 Lady Charlotte Hope (died 22 Jan. 1834), daughter of John, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun. Sherifff Orkney 5 June 1792, Lord Advocate June 1801, M.P. Dumfries Burghs, 1802, Edin-burgh 1803-5, Bench and Justice Clerk 6 Dec. 1804, Lord President 12 Nov. 1811.
(THE FACULTY OF ADVOCATES OF SCOTLAND 1532-1943 WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1944 p.104)
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| Sources |
- [S3503] Peter Barns-Graham, Stirnet Genealogy, Hope02 (Reliability: 3).
- [S3697] Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, (Compiler: Darryl Lundy ('darryl.lundy','xtra.co.nz');
128 Heke Street, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND).
- [S3669] SIR FRANCIS J. GRANT, K.C.V.O., LL.D., W.S., Faculty of Advocates, (THE FACULTY OF ADVOCATES OF SCOTLAND 1532-1943 WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES
EDITED BY SIR FRANCIS J. GRANT, K.C.V.O., LL.D., W.S. LORD LYON KING OF ARMS
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY J. SKINNER & COMPANY, LTD. 1944.).
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