RANKEILLOUR, Rt Hon 5th Baron 1940-2022

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Jan 15, 2022, 4:47:43 AM1/15/22
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From the Telegraph of 15 Jan 2022: HOPE  Michael Richard, Baron Rankeillour. Died peacefully on 10th January after a short illness, aged 81. Much loved father of Hettie, Louisa and James, brother of Simon  and Meg, grandfather of Freddie,  Archie, Charlie and Charlotte. Funeral to be held at 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday 26th January at St Benet’s RC, Beccles...

He was s of Hon Richard Ferderick HOPE 1901-64 (yst s of 1st Baron RANKEILLOUR 1870-1949) and Helen Sybil Mary 1912-71 d of Alfred Charlemagne LAMBART 1861-1943 (gs of 7th Earl of CAVAN 1763-1837) and his former w Constance GREEN d 1948. He m 1964 Elizabeth Rosemary c1938-2019 d of Col Francis Henry FULLER of Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Suffolk, and had a son & two daus as above. His son succeeds him:

JAMES FRANCIS HOPE b 5 Aug 1968 [6th] Baron RANKEILLOUR has yet to establish his claim and appear on The Peerage Roll. He m 1999 Felicity A d of David GALLIMORE, and had a son.

SON LIVING
Hon CHARLIE JAMES Hope b 11 Feb 2003, ha, unm.

The only other heir to the title is the new Baron's unm uncle Simon James HOPE b 1941.

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Jan 15, 2022, 8:16:07 AM1/15/22
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He was a dynast of the Earls of Hopetoun, a title now held by the Marquess of Linlithgow.

John HOPE, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 Sep 1704-12 Feb 1781); m.1st 14 Sep 1733 Lady Anne Ogilvy (d.8 Feb 1759); m.2nd 30 Oct 1762 Jane Oliphant (d.16 Mar 1767); m.3rd 10 Jun 1767 Lady Elizabeth Leslie (d.10 Apr 1788)
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Sir Alexander (2 Dec 1769-19 May 1837); m.23 Oct 1805 Georgiana Brown
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James Robert HOPE-SCOTT, of Abbotsford (15 Jul 1812-29 Apr 1873); m.1st 19 Aug 1847 Charlotte Harriet Jane Lockhart, gdau of Sir Walter Scott (d.20 Oct 1858); m.2nd 7 Jan 1861 Lady Victoria Alexandrina Fitzalan-Howard (d.20 Dec 1870)
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James Fitzalan HOPE, cr 1932 Baron Rankeillour, of Buxted [UK] (11 Dec 1870-14 Feb 1949); m.1st 15 Nov 1892 Mabel Helen Riddell (d.24 Apr 1938); m.2nd 15 Sep 1941 Lady Beatrice Minnie Kerr-Clark, née Moore (d.25 May 1966)
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Richard Frederick (5 Dec 1901-9 May 1964); m.7 Apr 1938 Helen Sybil Mary Lambart (19 Sep 1912-1971)
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Michael Richard, 5th Lord Rankeillour (21 Oct 1940-10 Jan 2022); m.31 Mar 1964 Elizabeth Rosemary Fuller (1939-31 May 2019)

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Dec 6, 2023, 7:53:02 AM12/6/23
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The 6th Baron Rankeillour, James Francis Richard Hope, is now entered on the Roll of the Peerage
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