John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon

The Right Honourable The Lord Glendevon PC
Portrait by Walter Bird in 1956
Minister of Works
In office 22 October 1959 – 16 July 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Hugh Molson
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Rippon
Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 18 January 1957 – 22 October 1959
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office 9 November 1956 – 18 January 1957
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Allan Noble
Succeeded by	Cuthbert Alport
Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 18 October 1954 – 9 November 1956
Prime Minister	Sir Winston Churchill Anthony Eden
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands Midlothian and Peebles Northern (1945–1950)
In office 5 July 1945 – 15 October 1964
Preceded by	Sir David King Murray
Succeeded by	Norman Russell Wylie
Personal details
Born	7 April 1912
Died	18 January 1996(1996-01-18) (aged 83)
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party
Other political affiliations	Unionist Party (until 1965)
Spouse	Elizabeth Paravicini ​ ​ (m. 1948)​
Relations	Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow (twin brother)
Children	Julian Hope, 2nd Baron Glendevon Jonathan Hope, 3rd Baron Glendevon
Parents	Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow Doreen Milner
Education	Eton
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Politician
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Major
Unit	Scots Guards
Battles/wars	World War II

John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon, PC (7 April 1912 – 18 January 1996), known as Lord John Hope from 1912 to 1964, was a British aristocrat and Tory politician.

Early life

Hope was the younger son of Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Doreen Maud Milner. His elder twin brother was Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow. He was educated at Ludgrove, Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and served in the Second World War in Norway and Italy with the Scots Guards, achieving the rank of temporary Major. He was twice mentioned in despatches.

Political career

In 1945 Hope was elected Member of Parliament for Midlothian and Peebles North, a seat he held until 1950, and then represented Edinburgh Pentlands from 1950 to 1964.

Hope served in the Conservative administrations of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1954 to 1956, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from 1956 to 1957 and as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1957 to 1959. In 1959 he was appointed Minister of Works and sworn a Privy Counsellor. Hope remained as head of the Ministry of Works until 1962. In 1964 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Glendevon, of Midhope in the County of Linlithgow.

Personal life

Lord Glendevon married Elizabeth Paravicini (1915–1998), the former wife of Vincent Paravicini and the only child of the author W. Somerset Maugham, in 1948. They had two sons. Lord Glendevon died on 18 January 1996, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Julian.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Hope