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Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet, (12 January 1819 – 5 September 1898) was a

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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, Hope was commissioned into the British Army in 1835. He served with the

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at the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 during the

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. He commanded a brigade at Rajghur in 1858 during the

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and commanded his regiment in operations at Euzofzie and at Crag Piquet in 1863 during the Ambela Campaign. Promoted to major-general in 1868, he went on to command the troops in the North British District from 1880 to 1881 and retired as a full

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in 1891.

Family

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

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, Scotland.

References

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