Sir William Johnstone Hope

(1766-1831)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Hope Sir William Johnstone (1766-1831) Knight Vice Admiral DNB: Hope, Sir William Johnstone (1766-1831), naval officer and politician LBT ID: WiHope1831	B/BAP: 1766-08-16 DIED: 1831-05-02
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
Naval officer and MP for Dumfries (1800-02) and Dumfries-shire (1804-30) aligned with Lord Melville; he was an acquaintance of Lady Byron.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Johnstone Hope: John Barrow to John Murray, 16 May 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1826 Found 1: ¶ 54 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Correspondence Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter XVII.