Charles Hope, Lord Granton

Lord Granton

Charles Hope (1763–1851) was a Scottish politician and judge.

The eldest son of John Hope, he studied law at Edinburgh University. He was admitted as an advocate in 1784 and was appointed sheriff of Orkney in 1792. He was Member of Parliament for Edinburgh from 1803 to 1805. He was appointed Lord Advocate from 1801 to 1804. He was raised to the bench as Lord Granton and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1804 to 1811, when he was promoted to be Lord President of Court of Session an office he held until 1841. He became Lord Justice General when that office was united with the office of Lord President in 1836. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1822. He was an active Colonel of the Edinburgh volunteers.

He married Charlotte Hope, daughter of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, on 8 August 1793 at Dirleton, East Lothian. They had two sons:^[1]

• Rear-Admiral Charles Hope (1798–1854)
• James Hope (1803–1882)

His youngest daughter Ann Wilhelmina was married to Hercules Robertson, Lord Benholme.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Rt. Hon. Charles Hope, Lord Granton". thepeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p3674.htm#i36732. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
2. ^ Debrett, John (1870). Robert Henry Mair. ed. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. pp. 428–429. 

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert Dundas	Lord Advocate 1801 – 1804	Succeeded by Sir James Montgomery
Preceded by Sir David Rae, Lord Eskgrove	Lord Justice Clerk 1804 – 1811	Succeeded by Lord Boyle
Preceded by Lord Blair	Lord President of the Court of Session 1811 – 1841	Succeeded by Lord Boyle
Preceded by Duke of Montrose	Lord Justice General 1836 – 1841
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Johnstone Hope	Member of Parliament for Dumfries Burghs 1802 – 1805	Succeeded by Viscount Stopford

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Name	Hope, Charles
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Date of birth	1763
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Date of death	1851
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