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Charles Hope - Lord Hope

Biography


Birth: Jul 09, 1740
Death: Jun 06, 1766 at Portsmouth

Son of John Hope (1704-1781), 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, and Anne Ogilvy (d. 1759).

He died in Portsmouth on June 6, 1766 shortly after his return from a journey to the West Indies.1

Also known as

  • Lord Hope

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met him at the court of Charles I at Brunswick on June 27, 1764. The young Lord was accompanied by his tutor, William Rouet.

Notes

Note 1: http://www.electricscotland.com/HISTORY/nation/hope.htm


Mentioned in

Charles Hope is mentioned in:

  • Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764

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