Sir Alexander Hope

(1769-1837)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Hope Sir Alexander (1769-1837) Knight General DNB: Hope, Sir Alexander (1769–1837), army officer LBT ID: AlHope1837	B/BAP: 1769-12-09 DIED: 1837-05-19
SOURCES: DNB
Scottish military officer, the second son of John Hope, second earl of Hopetoun; he was severely wounded in 1794 and served as a Pittie MP for Dumfries (1796) and Linlithgowshire (1802-34).
REFERENCES TO Sir Alexander Hope: Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 11 May 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. II: 1805