Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Hope, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander
Hope, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander, g.c.b, created D.C.L. 30 June, 1824 (son of James, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun), general in the army, colonel 14th regiment, lieut.-governor Chelsea Hospital, M.P. Dumfries 1796 to May, 1800, and of Linlithgowshire in 11 parliaments, May, 1800, to 1835, died 19 May, 1837. See Foster's Peerage.