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b. 4 July 1614, 6th s. of Sir Thomas Hope bt. of Craighall, Fife, and Elizabeth, da. of John Bennet of Wallyford, Haddingtonshire. educ. Edinburgh Univ. 1632, graduated 25 July 1635; Orleans Univ. Feb. 1636-Oct. 1637. m. (1) 14 Jan. 1638, Anna (d. 1656), da. of Robert Foulis of Edinburgh and Leadhills, Lanarkshire, 8s. (7 d.v.p.) 4 da. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 29 Oct. 1657, Mary, da. and coh. of William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1 da. (d.v.p.). Kntd. 1641. d. 23 Nov. 1661.Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. iii. 99-101, 104-6; ix, 129, 141; Oxford DNB.
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Scottish: gov. of mint, 1641–60.Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. ix. 129. Member, cttee. of war, 1644, 1647 – 49; cttee. estates, 1649. Commr. Stirlingshire, Scottish Parl. 1649 – 50; Lanarkshire 1650.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 359. Ordinary ld. of session, 1 June 1649–1651, Feb.-?May 1660.Scots Peerage, iv. 491; HMC Leyborne-Popham, 146; Clarke Pprs. v. 190. Commr. admin. justice, 7 May 1653-June 1654;Cf. L.M. Smith, ‘Scotland and Cromwell’ (DPhil. thesis, Oxford Univ. 1979), 72, 75; CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 312; Nicoll, Diary, 132. assessment, Edinburgh Shire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 839; A. and O.

Civic: burgess and guildbrother, Edinburgh 14 May 1652.Recs. Burgh Edinburgh, 1642–55, 281.

Central: cllr. of state, 14 July 1653.CJ vii. 284b.

: Linlithgowshire.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown;Hopetoun House, Edinburgh. oil on canvas, unknown.Scottish NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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HOPE, Sir James (1614-61), of Hopetoun, Linlithgowshire.

Will
testament dated 2 May 1662.NRS, CC8/8/70.
Estates
on first marriage (1638) acquired 5 merklands at Waterhead or Overglengonnar in Crawfordmuir, known as Leadhills, Lanarkshire, and the gold and lead mines there; estate granted de novo to Hope and his wife in 1641.Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. ix. 129. Extensive business interests in ore trade to United Provinces, 1645-d.Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. ix. 129, 140. Salary as commr. admin. justice, 1652-4, £300 p.a.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIV, unfol.: 26 Jan., 18 June 1654; xlv, unfol.: 19 Apr. 1654. Purchased dwelling house in Brown’s Close, north side of High Street, Edinburgh, 12 Oct. 1652.Edinburgh City Archives, Moses’ Bundle 32, no. 1340. ?Inherited from fa. (d. 1646) estate at Hopetoun, Linlithgowshire.
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