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Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow.
British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952)
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About Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, was a British Unionist politician and statesman, agriculturalist, and colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943. He also served as vice president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was usually referred to as Lord Linlithgow, or simply Linlithgow.
Everything about Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor-General of India, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- September 24, 1887
- Died
- January 5, 1952