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LINLITHGOW, See also:JOHN See also:ADRIAN See also:LOUIS See also:HOPE, 1ST See also:MARQUESS or (186o—1908), See also:British See also:administrator, was the son of the 6th See also:earl of Hopetoun. The Hope See also:family traced their descent to John de Hope, who accompanied See also:James V.'s See also:queen Madeleine of See also:Valois from See also:France to See also:Scotland in 1537, and of whose See also:great-grandchildren See also:Sir See also:Thomas Hope (d. 1646), See also:lord See also:advocate of Scotland, was ancestor of the earls of Hopetoun, while See also:Henry Hope settled in See also:Amsterdam, and was the ancestor of the famous Dutch bankers of that name, and of the later Hopes of Bedgebury, See also:Kent. Sir Thomas's son,' Sir James Hope of Hopetoun (1614—1661), Scottish lord of session, was grandfather of See also:Charles, 1st earl of Hopetoun in the Scots See also:peerage (1681—1742), who was created earl in 1703; and his See also:grandson, the 3rd earl, was in 1809 made a See also:baron of the See also:United See also:Kingdom. John, the 4th earl (1765—1823), See also:brother of the 3rd earl, was a distinguished soldier, who for his services in the See also:Peninsular See also:War was created Baron Niddry in 1814 before succeeding to the earldom. The marquessate of Linlithgow was bestowed on the 7th earl of Hopetoun in 1902, in recognition of his success as first See also:governor (1900—19o2) of the See also:commonwealth of See also:Australia; he died on the 1st of See also:March 1908, being succeeded as 2nd marquess by his eldest son (b. 1887). An earldom of Linlithgow was in existence from 1600 to 1716, this being held by the Livingstones, a Scottish family descended from Sir See also:William See also:Livingstone. Sir William obtained the See also:barony of Callendar in 1346, and his descendant, Sir See also:Alexander Livingstone (d. c. 1450), and other members of this family were specially prominent during the minority of See also:King James II. Alexander Living-See also:stone, 7th Lord Livingstone (d. 1623), the eldest son of William, the 6th lord (d. c.

158o), a supporter of See also:

Mary, queen of Scots, was a leading Scottish See also:noble during the reign of James VI. and was created earl of Linlithgow in 1600. Alexander's grandson, See also:George, 3rd earl of Linlithgow (1616-169o), and the latter's son, George, the 4th earl (c. 1652-1695), were both engaged against the See also:Covenanters during the reign of Charles II. When the 4th earl died without sons in See also:August 1695 the earldom passed to his See also:nephew, James Livingstone, 4th earl of Callendar. James, who then became the 5th earl of Linlithgow, joined the See also:Stuart rising in 1715; in 1716 he was attainted, being thus deprived of all his honours, and he died without sons in See also:Rome in See also:April 1723. The earldom of Callendar, which was thus united with that of Linlithgow, was bestowed in 1641 upon James Livingstone, the third son of the 1st earl of Linlithgow. Having seen military service in See also:Germany and the See also:Netherlands, James was created Lord Livingstone of See also:Almond in 1633 by Charles I., and eight years later the king wished to make him lord high treasurer of Scotland. Before this, however, Almond had acted with the Covenanters, and during the See also:short war between See also:England and Scotland in 164o he served under See also:General Alexander See also:Leslie, afterwards earl of See also:Leven. But the See also:trust reposed in him by the Covenanters did not prevent him in 1640 from See also:signing the " See also:band of Cumbernauld," an association for See also:defence against See also:Argyll, or from being in some way mixed up with the " Incident," a See also:plot for the seizure of the Covenanting leaders, See also:Hamilton and Argyll. In 1641 Almond became an earl, and, having declined the offer of a high position in the See also:army raised by Charles I., he led a See also:division of the Scottish forces into England in 1644 and helped Leven to See also:capture See also:Newcastle. In 1645 Callendar, who often imagined himself slighted, See also:left the army, and in 1647 he was one of the promoters of the " engagement " for the See also:release of the king. In 1648, when the Scots marched into England, he served as See also:lieutenant-general under the See also:duke of Hamilton, but the duke found him as difficult to See also:work with as Leven had done previously, and his See also:advice was mainly responsible for the defeat at See also:Preston.

After this See also:

battle he escaped to See also:Holland. In 165o he was allowed to return to Scotland, but in 1654 his estates were seized and he was imprisoned; he came into prominence once more at the Restoration. Callendar died on March 1674, leaving no See also:children, and, according to a See also:special See also:remainder, he was succeeded in the earldom by his nephew Alexander (d. 1685), the second son of the 2nd earl of Linlithgow; and he again was succeeded by his nephew Alexander (d. 1692), the second son of the 3rd earl of Linlithgow. The 3rd earl's son, James, the 4th earl, then became 5th earl of Linlithgow (see supra).

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