Sir William Hope
General Sir William Hope, Photo, The Graphic, An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, London, England, 10 September 1898
Born12 January 1819
Died5 September 1898 (1898-09-06) (aged 79)
Pinkie House, Musselburgh
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldCommander-in-Chief, Scotland
Battles/warsCrimean War
Indian Mutiny
Ambela Campaign
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
General Sir William Hope's Grave, Inveresk Parish Kirkyard

General Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet, KCB (12 January 1819 – 5 September 1898) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Born the fifth son of Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet and Anne Wedderburn, daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballindean, 6th Baronet of Blackness,[1] Hope was commissioned into the British Army in 1835.[2] He served with the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot at the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War.[3] He commanded a brigade at Rajghur in 1858 during the Indian Mutiny and commanded his regiment in operations at Euzofzie and at Crag Piquet in 1863 during the Ambela Campaign.[2] Promoted to major-general in 1868, he went on to command the troops in the North British District from 1880 to 1881[4] and retired as a full general in 1891.[2]

Family

On 22 January 1862, Hope married a cousin, Alicia Henrietta Wedderburn, daughter of Sir John Wedderburn, 2nd Baronet.[3] Dying without issue, Hope was succeeded by Sir Alexander Hope, 15th Baronet Hope of Craighall, J.P., of Kingston Grange, Liberton.[5] Hope and his wife are buried in the Hope family plot at St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Scotland.[6]

References

  1. ^ Sir Bernard Brook (1880). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 42, Part 1. Henry Colburn. p. 646. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "The Late General Sir William Hope". The Graphic. 10 September 1898. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ^ "No. 24954". The London Gazette. 25 March 1881. p. 1360.
  5. ^ "Death of General Hope". No. Fourth Edition. Edinburgh, Scotland: The Edinburgh Evening News. 5 September 1898. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  6. ^ "General Sir William Hope". Billion graves. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
Military offices Preceded byRobert Bruce Commanding the troops in the North British District 1880–1881 Succeeded byAlastair Macdonald Baronetage of Nova Scotia Preceded byJohn Hope Baronet(of Craighall) 1892–1898 Succeeded byAlexander Hope
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