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Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour

1899 – 1967

Scottish landowner, soldier, barrister, and peer

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About Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour

Lived 1899 – 1967 (aged 67–68).

Henry John Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour (20 January 1899 – 2 December 1967) was a Scottish landowner, soldier, barrister, and member of the House of Lords.

Life The younger son of James Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour (1870–1949), and a direct descendant of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet (1573–1646) and Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681–1742), Hope was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and commissioned into the Scots Guards. He saw active service during the First World War, after which he trained as a barrister, and in 1925 was called to the bar from the Middle Temple.

On 19 December 1933, Hope married Mary Sibyl Ricardo, a daughter of Colonel Wilfred Ricardo DSO of Hook Hall, Surrey. They had a son, Peter St Thomas More Henry Hope (1935–2005), who succeeded him as the fourth baron, and a daughter, Anne Mary Elizabeth (born 1936).

Rankeillour died in 1967 and was succeeded by his only son.

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Born
1899
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Died
1967
Also known as
Henry John Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour

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Who was Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour?

Scottish landowner, soldier, barrister, and peer

When was Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour born?

Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour was born in 1899.

When did Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour die?

Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour died in 1967.

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· Wikipedia: Henry Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour

· Wikidata: Q21683174

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