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538 42nd Regt., and a G.C.B.), by his second wife, Louisa, third daughter of Sir John Wedderburn, Bart. He is brother of Hon. Jas. Hope Wallace, of Featherstone Castle, co. , Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Foot Guards, and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Linlithgow; and uncle of the present Earl of Hopetoun. This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1824, and obtained his first commission 20 Nov. 1830. His appointments as Lieutenant were – 25 Nov. 1830, to the 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned home and was paid off in Sept. 1834 – and, 5 April, 15 July, and 2 Sept. 1836, to the  80, Capt. Sam. Jackson,  36, Capt. John Hayes, and  18, Capts. Russell Elliott and Granville Gower Loch. In the latter vessel he served for nearly four years in South America, and on her being put out of commission was advanced to the rank of Commander 26 Oct. 1840. His last appointment was, 18 March, 1843, to the  16, on the Cape station, where he continued until within a short period of his advancement to Post-rank, 24 July, 1845.

Capt. Hope married, 23 April, 1845, Katherine Frances, daughter of Wm. Leveson Gower, Esq. – Hallett and Robinson.

 HOPE. 

, born in 1801, is youngest brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1813, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the 38, Capt. Andrew Smith, bearing the flag at Leith of his cousin, the late Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope. In Aug. 1814 he became a Student at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, where he remained until June, 1816. He then re-embarked on board the 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and, after serving for a short time in the Channel, joined the 60, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at Halifax, from which station he returned to England in July, 1819. Until Sept. 1821 Mr. Hope, who had attained the rating of Midshipman in Feb. 1817, was next employed on Home duty in the 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, and  yacht, Capt. Chas. Adam. He acquired the rank of Lieutenant 29 Jan. 1822, but did not again go afloat until 23 June, 1823, when he procured an appointment to the 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. , and sailed for South America. He there removed, 14 May, 1825, to the sloop, Capts. Thos. Martin and Edw. Handfield, and on 5 March, 1828, was advanced to his present rank.

Commander Hope married, in 1833, Charlotte, daughter of Vice-Admiral Delap Tollemache, and by that lady, who died 14 April, 1837, has issue.

 HOPE, C.B.

, born in 1787, is eldest son of the late Commissioner Chas. Hope, R.N. (son of Hon. Chas. Hope Vere, by Ann Vane, eldest daughter of Henry, first Earl of Darlington, and grandson of the first Earl of Hopetoun), by Susan Anne, daughter of Admiral Herbert Sawyer. He is brother of Fred. Hope, Esq., a Major in the Army, and of the present ; brother-in-law of Rear-Admiral C. S. J. Hawtayne; nephew of Henry Hope, Esq., who was Lieut.-Governor of Canada, and died in 1789; and cousin of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, K.C.B,, and the late Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1798, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the yacht, employed on the river Thames. Being discharged, as Midshipman, in May, 1800, into the 74, commanded by his relative Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where we find him, in the following Dec, escorting Sir Ralph Abercromby from Gibraltar to Egypt. After serving at the blockade of Alexandria, he removed to the 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and on 24 June, 1801, was on board that ship in a desperate engagement of more than an hour’s duration, which reduced her to a wreck, and rendered her a prize to a French squadron of four sail of the line under Rear-Admiral Gaunteaume. In the ensuing Sept., on his restoration to liberty, Mr. Hope joined the frigate, Capts. Geo. Hope, Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Robt. Honyman, with whom he served on the Mediterranean and Home stations until June, 1803; between which period and his attainment of Lieutenant’s rank, 3 May, 1804, he was further employed with Capts. George and Wm. J. Hope, in the North Sea, on board the Defence and 74’s. After he had next cruized with Capt. Geo. Burlton in the 50, and had aided, in the  32, Capt. Ross Donnelly, at the reduction of the Cape, Lieut. Hope was promoted, 22 Jan. 1806, to the command of the sloop; in which vessel he served in the Channel and Mediterranean, and off the coast of Portugal, until made Post, 24 May, 1808, into the  50. His subsequent appointments were – 17 Nov. 1808, 4 May, 1809, and 17 May, 1810, to the, , and frigates, all on the Mediterranean station, where he assisted Capt. Hallowell, in Oct. 1809, in making the preparations which led to the capture and destruction of a convoy in the Bay of Rosas, as detailed in our memoir of Sir Augustus Clifford – and, 18 May, 1813, to the , of 48 guns and 319 men. In that frigate Capt. Hope won perpetual fame by his ardour in pursuing, his intrepidity in bringing to close action, and his undaunted spirit in maintaining for two hours and a half a conflict with the American ship President, of 56 guns and 465 men, who at length hauled down her colours, after a loss to herself of 35 killed and 70 wounded, and to the British of 11 killed and 14 wounded. Previously to this brilliant affair, which took place 15 Jan. 1815, Capt. Hope had taken the Perry letter-of-marque, had also served at the blockade of New London, and had contributed, during an expedition up the Penobscot, to the capture of the town of Castine, 1 Sept. 1814. On reaching Bermuda, after the capture of the President, the magistrates, merchants, and inhabitants, deputed a committee to wait upon him with a complimentary address, and with a request that he would accept a piece of plate as a token of their esteem; they also presented his officers with a goblet, to “be considered as attached to that or any future ship which might bear the gallant name of .” On arriving with his prize at Spithead, Capt. Hope was presented by the Admiralty with a gold medal in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct; and on 4 June, 1815, be was nominated a C.B. He was put out of commission in the following Sept., and has since been on half-pay. His advancement to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.

During the fifteen years immediately previous to his last promotion Rear-Admiral Hope filled the appointment of extra and full Aide-de-Camp to William IV. and to Her present Majesty. He married, 21 July, 1828, Jane Sophia, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, K.C.B., which lady died in 1829.

 HOPE, C.B.

, born 8 March, 1808, is son of, by his first wife. Lady Jemima Hope Johnstone, fifth daughter of James, third Earl of Hopetoun; brother-in-law of Sir Harry Verney, Bart.; and cousin of the present

This officer entered the R.N. College 1 Aug. 1820; embarked about June, 1822; and, after serving in the West Indies and Mediterranean on board the and  frigates, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 March, 1827. His next