Harry Hope
Sir Harry Hope, 1st Baronet (24 September 1865 – 29 December 1959) was a Scottish Unionist politician and agriculturalist.
Life
[edit]The youngest son of James Hope, who farmed extensively in the Lothians, Harry Hope followed in his father's footsteps. He became President of Scottish Chamber of Agriculture in 1908, and in the same year was invited to join the Scottish Agricultural Commission which was invited by the government of the Dominion of Canada to report on the country's agricultural resources.[1]
Hope married Margaret Binnie Hope (née Holms) in 1897, and had one child, Robert Holms-Kerr Hope.
Hope sat as member of parliament (MP) for Buteshire from 1910 to 1918, Stirlingshire and Clackmannan Western from 1918 to 1922, and Forfar from 1924 to 1931. He was knighted in 1920.[2] In 1932, he was created a Baronet of Kinnettles in the County of Angus.
During the debate on the repeal of the Corn Production Act in July 1921, Hope stated that, ‘The agricultural industry is the mainstay of this country’.[3] By 1921, he owned 4 farms extending to a total of 1400 acres, in the Dunbar area.[2] In the same year, he addressed a meeting in the following terms: "The worker could not be forgotten ... perhaps in the past he was too much forgotten ... he was a real partner in the industry."[2] At the end of the 1930s, Hope cited Algerian argiculture as a threat to domestic potato production.[2] He was often seen as a reliable representative of the interests of East Lothian farmers within the Parliament (as a Unionist), both before and after the war.[2]
Hope sat on numerous boards and was Convenor of Angus County Council for many years. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1936 and Vice Lieutenant in 1938.[1]
Hope died on 29 December 1959, aged 94.
Coat of arms
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sir Harry Hope". The Times. 31 December 1959. p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e Jones, David (1992). The Impact of the Great War on a Local Community: The Role of the War in the Development of the Identity of the People of West Oxfordshire (PDF). History (PhD). The Open University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2024.
- ^ Jones, David Edmund (2015). The Influence of Farm Size and Related Social Factors on Survival and Failure in Arable and Dairy Farming in Interwar England (PDF). Department of History, Politics & Philosophy (PhD). Manchester Metropolitan University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2025.
- ^ Debrett's peerage and baronetage : founded in 1769, renamed Debrett in 1802. London: Macmillan. 1985. p. 455.
External links
[edit]- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harry Hope
- 1865 births
- 1959 deaths
- Nobility from Angus, Scotland
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
- UK MPs 1910–1918
- UK MPs 1918–1922
- UK MPs 1924–1929
- UK MPs 1929–1931
- Hope baronets
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stirling constituencies
- Scottish agriculturalists
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