James Hope (1807–1854)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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politician.
The son of General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun
John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun
Lieutenant General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun PC KB , known as the Honourable John Hope from 1781 to 1814 and as the Lord Niddry from 1809 to 1816, was a Scottish soldier and politician.-Military career:...
, and Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn, he served in the Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards
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, where he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
He was elected unopposed at the 1835 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1835
The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...
as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Linlithgowshire
Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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, and re-elected against a Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
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opponent in 1837
United Kingdom general election, 1837
The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....
. He resigned
Resignation from the British House of Commons
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from the House of Commons in 1838, by the procedural advice of accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He changed his name to Hope-Wallace on 4 March 1837, in connection with inhering the estates of his uncle Lord Wallace
Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace
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(1768–1844), including Featherstone Castle
Featherstone Castle
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in Northumberland.
He served at some point as a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
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of Linlithgowshire.
His grand-daughter Jaqueline Hope-Wallace CBE was a senior civil servant and partner of the author Dame Veronica Wedgwood
Veronica Wedgwood
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.