Baron_Rankeillour

Baron Rankeillour

Baron Rankeillour

UK Peerage created in 1932 for the politician James Fitzalan Hope


Baron Rankeillour, of Buxted in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician James Fitzalan Hope. He was the grandson of General Sir Alexander Hope, fourth son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (from whom the Marquesses of Linlithgow descend; see this title for earlier history of the family). His eldest son, Arthur Hope (from 1949, the second Baron), was also a Conservative politician and held junior ministerial office. From 1940 to 1946 he served as Governor of Madras. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron, Henry John Hope. After the death of Henry John Hope's only son, Peter St Thomas More Hope in 2005, (the fourth Baron), who was unmarried, succession went to his first cousin, the fifth Baron, Michael Richard Hope, who is (As of 2020) the present holder of the title, and is the eldest son of the Hon. Richard Frederick Hope, who was the youngest son of the first Baron.[citation needed]

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The second son of the 2nd baronet (who was father of the 8th baronet) served on the Court of Session from 1689 under the judicial title of Lord Rankeillour.[2]

Barons Rankeillour (1932)

James Hope
first Baron
Arthur Hope,
second Baron

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Charlie James Hope (b. 2003).[citation needed]

Family tree

Line of Succession

  • James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour (1870 - 1949)
    • Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour (1897 - 1958)
    • Henry John Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeilliour (1899 - 1967)
      • Peter St Thomas More Hope, 4th Baron Rankeillour (1935 - 2005)
    • Hon. Richard Frederick Hope (1901 - 1964)
      • Michael Richard Hope, 5th Baron Rankeillour (1940 - 2022)
        • James Francis Hope, 6th Baron Rankeillour (1968 -)

See also


Notes

  1. "No. 33842". The London Gazette. 1 July 1932. p. 4298.
  2. Burke's Peerage 106th edition page 1440
  3. "Hope, Michael Richard, Baron Rankeillour". The Telegraph. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

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