Background
The eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and Lady Anne, eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl of Hopetoun.
The eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and Lady Anne, eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl of Hopetoun.
He was Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. He lived at Raehills, Lockerbie, and Hook House, Dumfriesshire. He was de jure 7th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell.
9th United Kingdom Parliament. 10th United Kingdom Parliament. 11th United Kingdom Parliament.
12th United Kingdom Parliament.
13th United Kingdom Parliament. 14th United Kingdom Parliament.
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament.
18th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dumfriesshire from 1830 until 1847 and again from 1857 to 1865.