The Marquess of Linlithgow | |
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Marquess of Linlithgow | |
Assumed office 7 April 1987 | |
Preceded by | Charles Hope |
Personal details | |
Born | Adrian John Charles Hope,Viscount Aithrie 1 July 1946 |
Spouses | Anne Leveson (m. 1968;div. 1978)Peta Binding (m. 1980;div. 1997)Auriol Mackeson-Sandbach (m. 1997;div. 2007) |
Children | 4 |
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Alma mater | Eton College |
Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (born 1 July 1946), styled Viscount Aithrie until 1952 and Earl of Hopetoun between 1952 and 1987, is a British noble. His family seat is Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] He was educated at Eton College.He is a decendant of King John
Lord Linlithgow is the son of Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Vivien Kenyon-Slaney (1918–1964). [2]
Lord Linlithgow has been married three times. He married, firstly, Anne Pamela Leveson, daughter of Arthur Edmund Leveson and Margaret Ruth Maude, on 9 January 1968. The couple had two children before divorcing in 1978 (she is now Countess De La Warr as wife of William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr).
He married, secondly, Peta Carol Binding, daughter of Charles Victor Ormond Binding, in 1980. They had two children. He and Peta Carol Binding were divorced in 1997.
He married, thirdly, Auriol Veronica Mackeson-Sandbach, daughter of Captain Graham Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach and Geraldine Pamela Violet Sandbach, on 1 November 1997. He and Auriol Veronica Mackeson-Sandbach were divorced in 2007.
The current Marquess is expected to be succeeded by his eldest son, Andrew, Earl of Hopetoun. Lord Hopetoun is married to Skye Bovill, now Countess of Hopetoun. He is a former Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. [4] Lord and Lady Hopetoun take part in the Queen's carriage procession at Royal Ascot.
Lord and Lady Hopetoun live in Hopetoun House and the 4th Marquess lives on the Estate. [5]
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