Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet

General Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet Hope of Craighall, KCB (12 January 1819 – 5 September 1898) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet
General Sir William Hope, Photo, The Graphic, An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, London, England, 10 September 1898
Born	12 January 1819
Died	5 September 1898 (aged 79) Pinkie House, Musselburgh
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Commander-in-Chief, Scotland
Battles/wars	Crimean War Indian Mutiny Ambela Campaign
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir William Hope's Grave, Inveresk Parish Kirkyard

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,[1] Hope was commissioned into the British Army in 1835.[2] He served with the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot at the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War.[3] He commanded a brigade at Rajghur in 1858 during the Indian Mutiny and commanded his regiment in operations at Euzofzie and at Crag Piquet in 1863 during the Ambela Campaign.[2] Promoted to major-general in 1868, he went on to command the troops in the North British District from 1880 to 1881[4] and retired as a full general in 1891.[2]

Family

On 22 January 1862, Hope married a cousin, Alicia Henrietta Wedderburn, daughter of Sir John Wedderburn, 2nd Baronet.[3] Dying without issue, Hope was succeeded by Sir Alexander Hope, 15th Baronet Hope of Craighall, J.P., of Kingston Grange, Liberton.[5] Hope and his wife are buried in the Hope family plot at St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Scotland.[6]

References

1. Sir Bernard Brook (1880). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 42, Part 1. Henry Colburn. p. 646. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
2. "The Late General Sir William Hope". The Graphic. 10 September 1898. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
3. "Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
4. "No. 24954". The London Gazette. 25 March 1881. p. 1360.
5. "Death of General Hope" (Fourth Edition). Edinburgh, Scotland: The Edinburgh Evening News. 5 September 1898. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
6. "General Sir William Hope". Billion graves. Retrieved 3 June 2017.