John Hope, Lord Craighall

Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall (1605?–1654) was a Scottish judge.

Life

Born about 1605, he was eldest son of

Sir James Hope (1614–1661) of Hopetoun, was his younger brother. In 1619 the family acquired and moved to Granton Castle just north-west of Edinburgh.^[1]

He was educated for the law, and having been admitted advocate acquired a practice, and in 1632 was knighted and appointed an

ordinary lord of session. He assumed the title of Lord Craighall, and took his seat on 27 July.^[2]

In September 1638 Hope refused to subscribe the king's covenant until it had been approved by the

Charles I

; was reappointed ordinary lord of session in the following year; and in 1644 was made one of the commissioners for the visitation of St. Andrews, the plantation of kirks, the administration of the exchequer and the excise.

In 1646 his father died and he inherited Granton Castle and its estates.

In 1651 his brother, Sir Alexander Hope, underwent examination by the committee of estates for advising the king to surrender Scotland and Ireland to Oliver Cromwell, and quoted Lord Craighall to the effect that it would be wise in the king to "treat with Cromwell for one-half of his coat before he lost the whole". In May 1652 Craighall was appointed one of Cromwell's committee, consisting of five English and three Scottish judges, for the administration of justice.^[2]

Hope died at Edinburgh on 28 April 1654.^[2]

Family

Hope firstly married Margaret, daughter of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, Bart.,^[3]^[4] After her death in childbirth on 3 October 1641, Hope married Dame Rachel Speir, Lady Currichill, on 7 December 1643.^[4]

By his first wife, Hope had two sons and six daughters.

Lord of Justiciary in 1690. He took the title of Lord Rankeillor, and was M.P. for Fifeshire from 25 April 1706 till his death on 10 October that year. The baronetcy continued through his line when Sir Thomas Hope, 8th Baronet assumed the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Sir John Hope Bruce, 7th Baronet.^[5]

John Hope the botanist was his grandson.^[2]

References

^ Stranger on the Shore, James Gracie, p.21
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hope, John (1605?-1654)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ ^a ^b Matthew Forster Conolly (1866). "Biographical dictionary of eminent men of Fife of past and present times". Google Books. Inglis & Jack. p. 234. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b Sir Thomas Hope (1893). Twenty-four Letters, 1627-1646. Scotland: Scottish History Society. p. 130. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^ Sir Robert Douglas (1798). The Baronage of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. pp. 58–61. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hope, John (1605?-1654)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

George Jamesone Portrait of Lord Craighall

Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Thomas Hope	Baronet (of Craighall) 1646–1654	Succeeded by Thomas Hope

[1] Stranger on the Shore, James Gracie, p.21

[DNB-2] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hope, John (1605?-1654)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[Bio_Dictionary_of_Fife-3] Matthew Forster Conolly (1866). "Biographical dictionary of eminent men of Fife of past and present times". Google Books. Inglis & Jack. p. 234. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[24_Letters_of_Sir_Thomas_Hope-4] Sir Thomas Hope (1893). Twenty-four Letters, 1627-1646. Scotland: Scottish History Society. p. 130. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[The_Baronage_of_Scotland-5] Sir Robert Douglas (1798). The Baronage of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. pp. 58–61. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

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