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Sir William James Hope-Johnstone KCB (28 July 1798 – 11 July 1878) was a

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officer who became

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Naval career

Born the second son of Vice-Admiral Sir

William Johnstone Hope Vice Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, GCB (16 August 1766 – 2 May 1831) was a prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, whose career experienced fleet ...

, William James Hope-Johnstone joined the

in 1811.William James Hope-Johnstone
William Loney RN Promoted to

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in 1823, he commanded HMS ''Doris'', HMS ''Asia'', HMS ''Britannia'', HMS ''Agincourt'' and then HMS ''Albion''. He was appointed Superintendent of

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and the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard in 1852, Commander-in-Chief,

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in 1854 and

in 1860. There is a memorial to Hope-Johnstone at the Johnstone Church Burial Ground in

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Family

In 1826 Hope-Johnstone married Eleanor Kirkpatrick; they had three daughters.The Peerage.com
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