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Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet
Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet (13 April 1781 – 5 June 1853) was a Scottish people, Scottish aristocrat and politician. Life Sir John was born at Pinkie House on 13 April 1781, the oldest son of Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet and his second wife, Elizabeth Patoun (d. 1818), the daughter of John Patoun of Inveresk. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his unmarried half-brother, Sir Thomas Hope, 10th Baronet. The Hope Baronetcy of Craighall in the County of Fife, was created in the List of extant baronetcies#Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 19 February 1628 for Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet, Thomas Hope, a Scottish lawyer and advisor to Charles I of England, Charles I. Sir John was first elected as a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament for Midlothian in June 1845 upon the retirement of William Ramsay Ramsay, Esq. He was re-elected without opposition in 1847 and 1852. He was also a Vice-Lieutenant for the county. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
Scottish people or Scots (; ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Kingdom of Alba, Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, Celtic-speaking Hen Ogledd, Cumbrians of Kingdom of Strathclyde, Strathclyde and Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons, Angles of Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the Scotland in the High Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Normans, Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Kingdom of the Isles, Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norsemen, Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
