Jump to content

John Hope, 7t Yerl o Hopetoun

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge

The Marquess o Lithgae

1st Govrenor-General o Australie
In office
1 Januar 1901  17 Julie 1902
MonarchVictoria
Edward VII
Prime MeenisterEdmund Barton
Precedit biNew poseetion
Succeedit biLaird Tennyson
8t Govrenor o Victoria
In office
28 November 1889  12 Julue 1895
MonarchVictoria
PremierDuncan Gillies
James Munro
William Shiels
James Patterson
George Turner
Precedit biLaird Loch
Succeedit biLaird Brassey
Secretar for Scotland
In office
2 Februar 1905  4 December 1905
Prime MeenisterArthur Balfour
Precedit biAndrew Murray
Succeedit biJohn Sinclair
Personal details
Born25 September 1860(1860-09-25)
Sooth Queensferry, Wast Lowden, Scotland
Dee'd29 Februar 1908(1908-02-29) (aged 47)
Pau, Fraunce
Spoose(s)Hersey Eveleigh-de Moleyns
Bairns4

John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess o Lithgae, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (25 September 1860 – 29 Februar 1908) wis a Breetish aristocrat an statesman that served as the first Govrenor-General o Australie, in office frae 1901 tae 1902; he wis previously Govrenor o Victoria frae 1889 tae 1895.

Poleetical offices
Precedit bi
The Laird Thurlow
Laird-in-Waitin
1886–1889
Succeedit bi
The Laird Churchill
Precedit bi
Charles Seale Hayne
Paymaster-General
1895–1899
Succeedit bi
The Duke o Marlborough
Precedit bi
The Yerl o Lathom
Laird Chamberlain
1898–1900
Succeedit bi
The Earl of Clarendon
Precedit bi
Andrew Murray
Secretar for Scotland
1905
Succeedit bi
John Sinclair
Government offices
Precedit bi
Sir Henry Loch
Govrenor o Victoria
1889–1895
Succeedit bi
The Laird Brassey
New office Govrenor-General o Australie
1901–1903
Succeedit bi
The Laird Tennyson
Peerage o the Unitit Kinrick
New creation Marquess o Lithgae
1902–1908
Succeedit bi
Victor Hope
Precedit bi
John Alexander Hope
Yerl o Hopetoun
1873–1908