Baron Rankeillour


Baron Rankeillour, of Buxted in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician James Fitzalan Hope. He was the grandson of General Sir Alexander Hope, fourth son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun. His eldest son, Arthur Hope, was also a Conservative politician and held junior ministerial office. From 1940 to 1946 he served as Governor of Madras. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. On the death in 2005 of his only son, the fourth Baron, who was unmarried, he was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth and present holder of the title, the eldest son of the Hon. Richard Frederick Hope, who was the youngest son of the first Baron.
The second son of the 2nd baronet served on the Court of Session from 1689 under the judicial title of Lord Rankeillour.

Barons Rankeillour (1932)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. James Francis Hope.

Line of Succession