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{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}

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[[File:Arms of Hope of Craighall.svg|thumb|[[Coat of arms|Arms]] of the [[Clan chief|Chief]] of [[Clan Hope]], the Hope Baronet of Craighall: ''Azure, a chevron or between three bezants'']]
There have been four '''baronetcies''' created for persons with the surname '''Hope''', three in the [[Baronetage of Nova Scotia]] and one in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]]. {{As of|2010}} one creation is extant, one dormant and two extinct.

The '''Hope Baronetcy''', of [[Craighall Castle|Craighall]] in the County of Fife, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 19 February 1628 for [[Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet|Thomas Hope]], the Scottish [[advocate]] and advisor to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]].<ref name="Complete Baronetage - Creation of the Hope Baronetcy">{{cite book|title=Complete Baronetage: English, Irish and Scottish, 1625-1649|date=1902|publisher=W. Pollard & Company, Limited|pages=343–345|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cdKAQAAMAAJ&q=sir+john+hope+bruce&pg=PA344|chapter=Creations by Charles I; Hope}}</ref><ref name="European Heraldry - House of Hope">{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanheraldry.org/united-kingdom/families/families-g-l/house-hope/|website=European Heraldry|access-date=29 July 2017|title=House of Hope - Hope of Craighall}}</ref> The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Bruce, a surname also held by the seventh Baronet. The latter sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Kinross]]. The eleventh Baronet was [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]. The sixteenth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian and [[Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian and Peebles North]]. The present Baronet is [[Clan chief|Chief]] of [[Clan Hope]].

[[Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun]], ancestor of the [[Marquess of Linlithgow|Marquesses of Linlithgow]], was the grandson of Sir James Hope, sixth son the first Baronet of Craighall. [[Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillor|Sir Archibald Hope]], second son of the second Baronet, was a [[Lord of Session]] as Lord Rankeillour. His grandson [[John Hope (botanist)|John Hope]] was a surgeon and botanist. John Edward Hope, great-grandson of Captain Robert Hope, grandson of Sir Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillour, was a [[Major-General]] in the [[British Army]]. Archibald Hugh Hope, son of [[Hugh Hope]], fourth son of the ninth Baronet, was a [[Major-General]] in the [[British Army]].<ref name="Burke's Peerage Entry">{{cite web|title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1035|publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited|ref=Peerage and Baronetage, Hope|location=United Kingdom|pages=1034–1035|date=1914}}</ref>

The '''Hope Baronetcy''', of Kerse in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 May 1672 for Alexander Hope.<ref name="European Heraldry - House of Hope" /> The fourth baronet sold his noble inheritance to [[Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet]].<ref name="A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies">{{cite book|author1=John Burke|author2=Bernard Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England|date=1841|publisher=Scott, Webster & Geary|page=626|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKpfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA626|quote=Hope, of Kerse}}</ref>

The '''Hope Baronetcy''', of Kirkliston, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 1 March 1698 for William Hope.<ref name="European Heraldry - House of Hope" /> The title became dormant on the death of the third Baronet in 1763. According to some sources [[John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun]], succeeded to the title.<ref name="Complete Baronetage - Creation of the Hope Baronetcy" />

The '''Hope Baronetcy''', of Kinnettles in the County of Angus, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 January 1932 for the Scottish Unionist politician [[Sir Harry Hope, 1st Baronet|Harry Hope]]. The presumed third Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The title became extinct on his death in 1993.

==Hope baronets, of Craighall (1628)==
[[File:Sir Thomas Hope 1st Baronet.jpg|thumb|right|Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall]]
*[[Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet]] (died 1646)
*[[Sir John Hope, 2nd Baronet]], Lord Craighall ({{circa|1605}}–1654)
*[[Sir Thomas Hope, 3rd Baronet]] (1633–c. 1660)
*[[Sir Thomas Hope, 4th Baronet]] (died c. 1686)
*[[Sir William Hope, 5th Baronet]] (died c. 1707)
*[[Sir Thomas Bruce-Hope, 6th Baronet]] (died 1729)
*[[John Bruce Hope|Sir John Bruce-Hope, 7th Baronet]] (c. 1684–1766)
*[[Sir Thomas Hope, 8th Baronet]], (1681-1771)<ref name="Mini Bio on Sir Thomas Hope - Honest George">{{cite book|author1=Eileen Stewart|title=Honest George|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QdaDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT73|publisher=Bookbaby|ref=Chapter 5|date=2005|isbn=9781483550190}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet]] (1735–1794)
*[[Sir Thomas Hope, 10th Baronet]] (1768–1801)
*[[Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet]] (1781–1853)
*[[Sir Archibald Hope, 12th Baronet]] (1808–1883)
*[[Sir John David Hope, 13th Baronet]] (1809–1892)
*General [[Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet]] (1819–1898)
*[[Sir Alexander Hope, 15th Baronet]] (1824–1918)
*[[Sir John Hope, 16th Baronet|Sir John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet]] (1869–1924)
*[[Sir Archibald Philip Hope, 17th Baronet]] (1912–1987)
*[[Sir John Carl Alexander Hope, 18th Baronet]] (1939–2007)
*[[Sir Alexander Archibald Douglas Hope, 19th Baronet]] (born 1969)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Will Hope (born 2004).

==Hope baronets, of Kerse (1672)==
[[Image:SirAlexanderHope4thBt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sir Alexander Hope, 4th and last Baronet, of Kerse]]
*Sir Alexander Hope, 1st Baronet (1637–1673)
*Sir Alexander Hope, 2nd Baronet (1663–1719)
*Sir Alexander Hope, 3rd Baronet (1697–1749)
*Sir Alexander Hope, 4th Baronet (1728–1794)

==Hope baronets, of Kirkliston (1698)==
*Sir William Hope, 1st Baronet (1660–1724)
*Sir George Hope, 2nd Baronet (c. 1685–1729)
*Sir William Hope, 3rd Baronet (c. 1726–1763)
:Dormant on his death. Successfully claimed in 1989 by:
*[[Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow]], 12th Baronet (b 1946) -

==Hope baronets, of Kinnettles (1932)==
[[File:Arms of Hope of Kinnettles.svg|thumb|right|upright|Arms of Hope of Kinnettles: ''Azure, a chevron between two bezants in chief and the sun in his splendour in base or.''<ref>{{cite book |title= Debrett's peerage and baronetage : founded in 1769, renamed Debrett in 1802 |date=1985|publisher=Macmillan |location=London |pages=455 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerageb0000unse/page/454/mode/2up?q=Kinnettles}}</ref>]]
*[[Sir Harry Hope, 1st Baronet]] (1865–1959)
*[[Sir James Hope, 2nd Baronet]] (1898–1979)
*Robert Holms-Kerr Hope, presumed 3rd Baronet (1900–1993)

==See also==
*[[Marquess of Linlithgow]]
*[[Baron Glendevon]]
*[[Baron Rankeillour]]
*[[Hope-Dunbar baronets]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
*{{Rayment-bt|date=March 2012}}

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[[Category:1628 establishments in Nova Scotia]]
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