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John Hope, 2nd Earl Of Hopetoun
John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 September 1704 – 12 February 1781) was a Scottish people, Scottish aristocrat. Early life Hope was born on 7 September 1704. He was the son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone. Among his siblings were Lady Sophia Hope (wife of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater), Lady Henrietta Hope (wife of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier), Lady Margaret Hope (wife of John Dundas), Hon. Charles Hope-Weir (who married Catherine Weir and Lady Anne Monson, Lady Anne Vane, a daughter of the Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, 1st Earl of Darlington, and Helen Dunbar), Lady Helen Hope (wife of James Watson), Lady Christian Hope (wife of Thomas Graham of Balgowan), and Lady Charlotte Hope (wife of Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine, eldest son and heir apparent of the John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, 6th Earl of Mar). His paternal grandparents were the former Lady Margaret Hamilton (a daughter of the John Hamilt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the Grammatical person, third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seton, 4th Earl Of Winton
George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton (c. 1641 – 6 March 1704) was a Scotland, Scottish Cavalier, Royalist, Privy Councillor, and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire. He was the son of George Seton, Lord Seton, George Seton, Master of Winton, and Lady Henrietta Gordon, a daughter of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, the 2nd Marquess of Huntly. He was in Europe for his studies, a boy of under ten years of age, when he succeeded his grandfather in the family estates in 1650. Notwithstanding his youth, a heavy fine of £2000 was imposed on him by Oliver Cromwell, Cromwell's Act of Grace and Pardon in 1654. His tutor and uncle was Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston, Lord Kingston, by whom he was brought up "in the true Protestant religion", thus severing the long attachment of his family to the Catholic Church. On 19 June 1656, Lord Kingston reported to the Haddington, East Lothian, Haddington Presbytery (church polity), Presbytery by order of the Synod that Lord Winton had hithert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postmaster General For Scotland
The Postmaster General for Scotland, based in Edinburgh, was responsible for the postal service in the Kingdom of Scotland from approximately 1616 until the Act of Union unified Scotland and England in 1707, creating a new state called the Kingdom of Great Britain. From 1711, the posts in Scotland were the responsibility of the Deputy Postmaster General for Scotland, until in 1831, that position was subsumed into the duties of the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom. History The Union of the Crowns took place in 1603 and on 5 May a public postal system was set up between Berwick, just south of the Scottish border, and Edinburgh. At some time after 1603 the post of Postmaster General for Scotland was established by the Privy Council of Scotland with the first appointment mentioned in 1616 as Sir William Seton. From Privy Council records, Seton appears to have held the position until 1631, or 1633. His death is given as 1635, but in a 1641 act of the Scottish Parliament it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Oliphant (postmaster)
Robert Oliphant may refer to: * Rob Oliphant Robert B. Oliphant (born June 7, 1956) is a Canadian politician and a United Church of Canada, United Church minister. He serves in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons as a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Member of Parliament for t ... (born 1956), Canadian politician and United Church minister * Robert Oliphant (rugby union) (c. 1867–1956), New Zealand rugby union player {{hndis, Oliphant, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Oliphant
Clan Oliphant is a Scottish Highland, Highland Scottish clan. History Origins of the clan Although this remains the subject of ongoing research the earliest member of this Clan known to date is Roger Olifard, who witnessed a foundation charter to the Clunic priory of St. Andrew's, Northampton, by Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton, Earl Simon. The Charter was dated between 1093 and 1100 and Roger himself made a grant of 3 shillings yearly to this priory. One theory claim that Oliphants were of French people, French origin who by the twelfth century held lands around Northamptonshire in England. In Domesday Book, Domesday, Northamptonshire, there is a mention of "In Lilleford, Willelmus Olyfart", which land was held of the Judith of Lens, Countess Judith. Also in the ''Pipe Roll'', 31 Hen. I is mention of a William Olifard of Northamptonshire as well as a Hugh Olifard of Huntingdonshire. William held five hides in Lilford (Lilleford) of the fee of the King of Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Henrietta Hope
Lady Henrietta Hope (1750 – 1 January 1786) was a British benefactor from Scotland. She was a lifelong friend of chapel builder Willielma Campbell and Hope Chapel in Bristol is named after her. Life Hope was born in Scotland. Her parents were Lady Anne (born Ogilvy) and John Hope. Her father was the second earl of Hopetoun. Her mother died when she was a child in 1759. She was from a family of eighteen children although nine of them were half-siblings. It is said that she decided to become a devoted Christian during a rough crossing from Dover to Calais. She met Willielma Campbell in 1772 and they became good friends. In 1780 they visited London and they met Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. Campbell spent her time building chapels. She bought a house in Matlock where she and Lady Hope moved to. It became a chapel in 1786. In 1784 they had visited the spa of Hotwells near Bristol where they decided to build a chapel. Hope died in Bristol Bristol () is a City status i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Carnegie, 6th Earl Of Northesk
Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk (2 August 1716 – 22 January 1792) was a Scottish naval officer and peer. He was the son of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk and Lady Margaret Wemyss and was born on 2 August 1716. A career Royal Navy officer, he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and the First Carnatic War, where in the East Indies he participated in the action of 6 July 1746. His service was curtailed by a series of debilitating illnesses and he never served at sea again after being promoted to rear-admiral in 1756. He died on 20 January 1792 at age 75. Early life George Carnegie was born on 2 August 1716 as the second son of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk and his wife Margaret, the daughter of James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland and Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss.Fraser, ''History of the Carnegies'', p. 397Charnock, ''Biographia Navalis Vol. V'', p. 109 Naval career Carnegie became a lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 15 March 1737. His first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl Of Hopetoun
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun FRSE (23 August 1741 – 29 May 1816) was a Scottish peer, politician and military officer. Life Hopetoun was the son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, and his first wife, Lady Anne Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater. His many siblings and half-siblings included his sister Lady Henrietta Hope. Being set on a military career he spent from 1758 until 1764 as an Ensign (junior officer) in the British Army. He succeeded to the earldom of Hopetoun on the death of his father in 1781. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire from 1794 to 1816 and sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer from 1784 to 1790 and from 1794 to 1796. In 1786 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. His proposers were John Walker, James Hutton, and Henry Cullen. In 1809 he was created Baron Hopetoun, of Hopetoun in the County of Linlithgow, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with remainder to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ogilvy, 4th Earl Of Findlater
James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield, (11 July 166419 August 1730) was a Scottish politician, prominent during the reign of Queen Anne. He was created Earl of Seafield in 1701 and was an active supporter of the 1707 Act of Union although by 1714 his opinion of the Union had changed and he proposed the first Self Government for Scotland Bill to end the Union. Early life Findlater was born on 11 July 1664, the second son of James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater, of Clan Ogilvy, and Lady Anne Montgomerie, a daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton. Career He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1685, and was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Cullen, Banffshire from 1681 to 1682 and from 1689 to 1695. Although in the Convention Parliament of 1689 he had spoken for James VII, he took the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, and after filling some minor official positions he was appointed to senior roles. Upon his royal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vanden-Bempde, 3rd Marquess Of Annandale
George Vanden Bempde (earlier Johnstone) (29 May 1720 – 29 April 1792), 3rd Marquess of Annandale, succeeded James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale on his death in 1730 (but in practice from 1733), and enjoyed that title from then to his own death, whereupon the title became extinct. His change of surname from Johnstone to Vanden Bempde was a condition of receiving an inheritance from John Vanden Bempde, and was confirmed by an Act of Parliament of 1744. See also * Earl of Annandale and Hartfell * Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet * Johnstone Baronets of Westerhall References 1720 births 1792 deaths George 4 Marquesses of Annandale {{Scotland-marquess-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curator Bonis
In Scots and Roman-Dutch laws, a ''curator bonis'' is a legal representative appointed by a court to manage the finances, property, or estate of another person unable to do so because of mental or physical incapacity. The corresponding office in common law is that of conservator or guardian of the property. The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 provided that it would no longer be competent to appoint a curator bonis to a person who has attained the age of 16, with existing curators becoming guardians under that Act. See also *Legal guardian *Curator ad litem A curator ''ad litem'' is a legal representative in Scots law and Roman-Dutch law appointed by a court to represent, during legal proceedings, the best interests of a person who lacks the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. A curator ... References Scots law legal terminology South African legal terminology {{SouthAfrica-law-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
