Sir William Hope | |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1819 |
Death Place: | Pinkie House, Musselburgh |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Rank: | General |
Commands: | Commander-in-Chief, Scotland |
Battles: | Crimean War Indian Mutiny Ambela Campaign |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
General Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet, (12 January 1819 – 5 September 1898) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.
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 and retired as a full general in 1891.[2]
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.[4] Hope and his wife are buried in the Hope family plot at St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Scotland.[5]
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