Thomas Hope (MP for Linlithgowshire)

Capt Thomas Hope (3 February 1848 – 28 March 1925)[1] was the Tory MP for Linlithgowshire, winning it in the 1893 by-election and resigning it in 1895. In Freemasonry, he was also Provincial Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Linlithgowshire from 1894 to 1904.[2] Thomas Hope was elected to the newly-created Linlithgowshire County Council (for Torphichen Parish) in 1889 and became its first County Convener.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  2. ↑ http://www.pgllinlithgowshire.co.uk/offbear.html
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Peter McLagan		 Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire
1893 – 1895		 Succeeded by
Alexander Ure


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