The Marquess of Linlithgow | |
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| Marquess of Linlithgow | |
| Assumed office 7 April 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Hope |
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| Born | Adrian John Charles Hope, Viscount Aithrie (1946-07-01)1 July 1946 (age 79) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (born 1 July 1946), styledViscount Aithrie until 1952 andEarl of Hopetoun between 1952 and 1987, is a Britishpeer.[1] His family seat isHopetoun House, nearEdinburgh, Scotland.[2] He was educated atEton College.
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.[1] The couple had two children before divorcing in 1978 (she is now Countess De La Warr as wife ofWilliam Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr).[1]
He married, secondly, Peta Carol Binding, daughter of Charles Victor Ormonde Binding and Peggy Eileen Godfrey, in 1980.[1] They had two children. He and Peta Carol Binding were divorced in 1997.[1]
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 formerPage of Honour toQueen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.[4] Lord and Lady Hopetoun took part inthe Queen's carriage procession atRoyal Ascot.
Lord and Lady Hopetoun live inHopetoun House and the 4th Marquess lives on the Estate.[5]
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Marquess of Linlithgow 1987–present | Incumbent Heir Apparent: Andrew Hope, Earl of Hopetoun |
| Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Gentlemen The Most Honourable the Marquess of Linlithgow | Succeeded by |
