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In comparing the English with the Scottish bar, Cockburn makes the following allusion to Hope's style of advocacy at the bar: "I heard no voice strained, and did not see a drop of sweat at the bar in these eight days. Our high-pressure dean screams and gesticulates and perspires more in any forenoon
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unsuccessfully moved in the House of Commons for the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the conduct of the Lord Advocate and the other law officers of the crown in Scotland in relation to the public press. Hope sent Abercromby a letter of protest, and was summoned to attend the house. He was
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heard at the bar in his own defence on 17 July following (Parl. Debates, new ser. vii. 1668- 1673), but though it was unanimously agreed that he had been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the house, no further proceedings were taken in the matter.
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on 24 February. These harsh sentences attracted widespread criticism and were subsequently commuted to much shorter terms of imprisonment by the Home Secretary,
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in January of that year. On 31 May he sentenced shoemaker James Nicholson to transportation for ten years for his part in the unrest in
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Lord Hope died at home, 20 Moray Place, Edinburgh, on 14 June 1858. from a sudden attack of paralysis, and was buried at
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On 22 March 1847 Lord Hope sentenced Angus Davidson, Daniel Sutherland and John Main to be deported to
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than the whole bar of England (I say nothing of Ireland) in a reign" (Memorials of his Time, i.114).
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was a promoter of household science education. He received his early education at the
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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had a very high opinion of him (Lockhart, Life of Scott, 1845, p. 587).
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In August 1825 he married Jessie Scott Irving, daughter of Thomas Irving of
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Lord Hope's magnificent townhouse at 20 Moray Place, Edinburgh
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for seven years for their parts in the food riots in
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in November of the same year, Hope was appointed by
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on 23 November 1810. He was elected a Fellow of the
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People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
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John Hope, Lord Craighall

Hopetoun House and gardens
PC
FRSE

Charles Hope
Lord President of the Court of Session
Louisa Hope
High School of Edinburgh
advocate
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Thomas Charles Hope
Thomas Allan
Alexander Gillespie
Rae
Lord Advocate
James Abercromby
James Wedderburn
Lord Liverpool
Solicitor General for Scotland
Lord Grey
Henry Cockburn
dean of the Faculty of Advocates
Francis Jeffrey
David Boyle
Lord Justice Clerk
Privy Council
High Court of Justiciary
Australia

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