Victor Alexander John Hope

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Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, was a British Conservative politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943, overseeing the colony during much of World War II and the Quit India movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) politician ⓘ
Marquess ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer ⓘ
viceroy ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India ⓘ
Knight of the Thistle ⓘ
birthDate 1887-09-24 ⓘ
birthPlace South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: South Queensferry
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1952-01-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
father John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable ⓘ
honorificTitle 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
mother Hersey Everleigh-de-Moleyns ⓘ
name Victor Alexander John Hope ⓘ
nobleFamily Hope family ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Hopetoun ⓘ
Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
Viscount Aithrie ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
officeEnd 1943 as Viceroy of India ⓘ
officeStart 1936 as Viceroy of India ⓘ
oversawEvent Quit India movement ⓘ
World War II in India ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Lords ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh ⓘ
First Commissioner of Works ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh ⓘ
Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
predecessor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
spouse Dorit Rhys-Hughes ⓘ
linked to: Dorit Rhys
successor Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell

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Lord Linlithgow → fullName → Victor Alexander John Hope ⓘ
Victor Alexander John Hope → name → Victor Alexander John Hope ⓘ