Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillor
Sir Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillor (1639 – 10 October 1706) was a Scottish advocate and judge, the second son of John Hope, Lord Craighall, the grandfather of the botanist John Hope and the great-grandfather of the chemist Thomas Charles Hope, FRSE.
Lord Rankeillor Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillor | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Session | |
| Assumed office 1 November 1689 | |
| Commissioner of Justiciary | |
| Assumed office 27 January 1690 | |
| MP of Fifeshire | |
| In office 25 April 1706 – 10 October 1706 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1639 |
| Died | 10 October 1706 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Atyoun, daughter of Sir John Aytoun, of that Ilk |
| Children | John Hope, Thomas Hope, Charles Hope, David Hope, Robert Hope, Margaret Hope, Bethia Hope, Ann Hope, Helen Hope |
| Profession | Advocate |
Early life
Archibald Hope was the second son of Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall, 2nd Baronet Hope of Craighall[1] and Margaret Murray, daughter of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony.[2] He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall.[2]
Legal career
Like his father and grandfather before him, Archibald Hope pursued a law career. He was admitted an advocate on 30 June 1664 and readmitted on 8 January 1676.[1] He became a Lord of Session, assuming the name of Lord Rankeillor, on 1 November 1689, followed by Lord of Justiciary on 27 January 1690.[1] A knighthood by King William followed shortly thereafter.
Family
Sir Archibald Hope had the following children:
- John, died unmarried,[3] predeceasing his father[4]
- Sir Thomas Hope, 8th Baronet, Hope of Craighall, succeeded in 1766 upon the death of Sir John Bruce-Hope, the 7th Baronet.[1][3]
- Charles of Edinburgh married the eldest daughter of Thomas Boyd[3]
- David, died unmarried[3]
- Robert was a surgeon[3] and was the father of the botanist, John Hope, grandfather of the chemist, Charles Thomas Hope, FRSE.
- Margaret, married Patrick Scott of Rossie,[5] whose descendants include David Scott of Dunninald[6]
- Bethia, married firstly Ninian Lewis or Lowis, secondly Sir William Nairne, 2nd Baronet Nairne of Dunsinane[7][8]
- Ann, married Alexander Stevenson, W.S. of Montgreenan[9][10]
See also
References
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- Matthew Forster Conolly (1866). "Biographical dictionary of eminent men of Fife of past and present times". Google Books. Inglis & Jack. p. 234. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- Hope (1914). "Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire". Google Books. Burke's Peerage Limited. pp. 1034–1035. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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- Jane Stewart Smith (1898). The Grange of St. Giles, the Bass. Printed for the author by T. and A. Constable. p. 101. Retrieved 29 May 2017 – via Internet Archive.
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- John Bernard Burke (1865). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 27. Ed. London, England: Harrison. p. 983. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Complete Baronetage: English, Irish and Scottish, 1665-1707". Google Books. W. Pollard & Company, Limited. 1904. p. 426. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- Edinburgh Record Society (1908). "1701-1750". The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh, 1595-, Volume 35. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Parish. p. 406. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet. Great Britain: Society at the University Press. 1890. p. 192. Retrieved 29 May 2017 – via Internet Archive.
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- Edinburgh Record Society (1908). "1701-1750". The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh, 1595-, Volume 35. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Parish. p. 517. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- Edinburgh Record Society (1908). "1701-1750". The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh, 1595-, Volume 35. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Parish. p. 81. Retrieved 5 August 2017.