Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet

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

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, Hope was commissioned into the British Army in 1835. He served with the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot at the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War. 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. and retired as a full general in 1891. Hope and his wife are buried in the Hope family plot at St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Scotland.