Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillor

Sir Archibald Hope, Lord Rankeillor (1639 – 10 October 1706) was a Scottish advocate and judge, the second son of John Hope, Lord Craighall, the grandfather of the botanist John Hope and the great-grandfather of the chemist Thomas Charles Hope, FRSE.

Archibald Hope was the second son of Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall, 2nd Baronet Hope of Craighall^[1] and Margaret Murray, daughter of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony.^[2] He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall.^[2]

Like his father and grandfather before him, Archibald Hope pursued a law career. He was admitted an advocate on 30 June 1664 and readmitted on 8 January 1676.^[1] He became a Lord of Session, assuming the name of Lord Rankeillor, on 1 November 1689, followed by Lord of Justiciary on 27 January 1690.^[1] A knighthood by King William followed shortly thereafter.

Sir Archibald Hope had the following children:

• John, died unmarried,^[3] predeceasing his father^[4]
• Sir Thomas Hope, 8th Baronet, Hope of Craighall, succeeded in 1766 upon the death of Sir John Bruce-Hope, the 7th Baronet.^[1][3]
• Charles of Edinburgh married the eldest daughter of Thomas Boyd^[3]
• David, died unmarried^[3]
• Robert was a surgeon^[3] and was the father of the botanist, John Hope and grandfather of the chemist, Thomas Charles Hope, FRSE.
• Margaret, married Patrick Scott of Rossie,^[5] whose descendants include David Scott of Dunninald^[6]
• Bethia, married firstly Ninian Lewis or Lowis, secondly Sir William Nairne, 2nd Baronet Nairne of Dunsinane^[7][8]
• Ann, married Alexander Stevenson, W.S. of Montgreenan^[9][10]
• Helen, married Patrick Butter, Esq. of Gormack^[4][11]

The later Lords Rankeillour do not descend from Sir Archibald but from a junior branch of Clan Hope descended from the 6th son of the 1st Baronet and now headed by the Marquess of Linlithgow.

• Clan Hope
• Hope Baronets of Craighall