The Marquess of Linlithgow
Marquess of Linlithgow
Assumed office
7 April 1987
Preceded byCharles Hope
Personal details
Born
Adrian John Charles Hope, Viscount Aithrie

(1946-07-01) 1 July 1946 (age 77)
Spouses
Anne Leveson
(m. 1968; div. 1978)
Peta Binding
(m. 1980; div. 1997)
Auriol Mackeson-Sandbach
(m. 1997; div. 2007)
Children4
Parents
Alma materEton College

Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (born 1 July 1946), styled Viscount Aithrie until 1952 and Earl of Hopetoun between 1952 and 1987, is a British noble. His family seat is Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] He was educated at Eton College.

Family

Lord Linlithgow is the son of Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Vivien Kenyon-Slaney (1918–1964).[2]

Lord Linlithgow has been married three times. He married, firstly, Anne Pamela Leveson, daughter of Arthur Edmund Leveson and Margaret Ruth Maude, on 9 January 1968. The couple had two children before divorcing in 1978 (she is now Countess De La Warr as wife of William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr).

He married, secondly, Peta Carol Binding, daughter of Charles Victor Ormond Binding, in 1980. They had two children. He and Peta Carol Binding were divorced in 1997.

He married, thirdly, Auriol Veronica Mackeson-Sandbach, daughter of Captain Graham Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach and Geraldine Pamela Violet Sandbach, on 1 November 1997. He and Auriol Veronica Mackeson-Sandbach were divorced in 2007.

The current Marquess is expected to be succeeded by his eldest son, Andrew, Earl of Hopetoun. Lord Hopetoun is married to Skye Bovill, now Countess of Hopetoun. He is a former Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.[4] Lord and Lady Hopetoun take part in the Queen's carriage procession at Royal Ascot.

Lord and Lady Hopetoun live in Hopetoun House and the 4th Marquess lives on the Estate.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Hopetoun House in peril as trustees plan sell-off". The Times. Retrieved 7 January 2017. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "- Person Page 4685". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b Morris, Susan, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ^ "The elite | Money". The Guardian. 10 April 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. ^ History of the Hope family "History of the Hope Family Hopetoun". Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byCharles Hope Marquess of Linlithgow 1987–present Incumbent Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom Preceded byThe Most Hon. The Marquess of Zetland Gentlemen The Most Honourable the Marquess of Linlithgow Succeeded byThe Most Hon. The Marquess of Milford Haven