Baron Rankeillour

Barony of Rankeillour
Blazon Arms:Azure on a Chevron Or between three Bezants a Bay Leaf slipped Vert a Bordure Ermine Crest: A Broken Globe surmounted by a Rainbow proper
Creation date	28 June 1932
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour
Present holder	James Francis Hope, 6th Baron Rankeillour
Heir apparent	the Hon. Charlie James Hope
Motto	AT SPES INFRACTA (But hope is unbroken)

Baron Rankeillour, of Buxted in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician James Fitzalan Hope. He was the grandson of General Sir Alexander Hope, fourth son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (from whom the Marquesses of Linlithgow descend; see this title for earlier history of the family). His eldest son, Arthur Hope (from 1949, the second Baron), was also a Conservative politician and held junior ministerial office. From 1940 to 1946 he served as Governor of Madras. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron, Henry John Hope. After the death of Henry John Hope's only son, Peter St Thomas More Hope in 2005, (the fourth Baron), who was unmarried, succession went to his first cousin, the fifth Baron, Michael Richard Hope, who is (As of 2020^[update]) the present holder of the title, and is the eldest son of the Hon. Richard Frederick Hope, who was the youngest son of the first Baron.^{[citation needed]}

The second son of the 2nd baronet (who was father of the 8th baronet) served on the Court of Session from 1689 under the judicial title of Lord Rankeillour.^[2]

Barons Rankeillour (1932)

• James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour (1870–1949)^{[citation needed]}
• Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour (1897–1958)^{[citation needed]}
• Henry John Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour (1899–1967)
• Peter St Thomas More Henry Hope, 4th Baron Rankeillour (1935–2005)^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Richard Hope, 5th Baron Rankeillour (1940–2022)^[3]
• James Francis Hope, 6th Baron Rankeillour (b. 1968)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Charlie James Hope (b. 2003).^{[citation needed]}

Family tree

Line of Succession

See also

• Marquess of Linlithgow
• Baron Glendevon

Notes

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

External links

• Portrait of James Fitzalan Hope