Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet,

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(7 July 1869 - 17 April 1924) was a British soldier and politician.

Life

Hope was son of Rev. Canon Charles Augustus Hope, Rector of Barwick in Elmet,

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and the grandson of Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet. He entered the

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when he was commissioned a

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in the

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(KRRC) on 22 May 1889, and was promoted to the rank of

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on 1 July 1891 and to

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on 22 August 1897. Major in 1905. He served in the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

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in 1901-1902 and was awarded the Queen's medal with 4 clasps. He was back as a regular officer in the 3rd battalion of his regiment in early September 1902, and was promoted to

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in 1905. He later served in

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with the 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, was wounded and awarded the

in 1919. He succeeded his uncle, Sir Alexander Hope, 15th Baronet (1824–1918), on 7 March 1918 as the 16th Baronet Hope of Craighall. Hope was an unsuccessful Unionist candidate for

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at the

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, but was elected for the seat at a by-election in 1912. In 1918 when the constituency was split, he was elected as Conservative member for Midlothian North and Peebles, which he held until 1922.

Family

In 1910 Hope married the Hon. Mary Bruce,

, eldest daughter of Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh. The couple had the following children: * Sir Archibald Philip Hope (1912–1987), 17th Baronet Hope of Craighall, commanded

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during the

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*Lt.-Col. John Cecil Hope, DSO MC, (1913-1945), 1st Battalion,

died on 24 April 1945 on active duty in

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*Lt.-Col. Hugh Alexander Hope, OBE MC, (1914-1982), fought in WWII with the King's Royal Rifle CorpsThe Annals of The King's Royal Rifle Corps vol VII pp106 * Katharine Anne Hope (1916-1987), married Carl Raymond Davis

References

External links

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Sir John's Find A Grave Memorial
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