Sir Ronaldshay (Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow)

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Sir Ronaldshay, better known as Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who later served as the first Viceroy of India after it became a dominion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sir Ronaldshay ⓘ
linked to: Lord Ronaldshay

The Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-09-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1952-01-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Hope ⓘ
father John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
givenName Victor ⓘ
honorificTitle 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 ⓘ
Privy Counsellor (United Kingdom) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George VI ⓘ
mother Hersey Everleigh-de-Moleyns ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
Earl of Hopetoun ⓘ
notableEvent Faced the Quit India Movement in 1942 ⓘ
Oversaw India during the Second World War ⓘ
Proclaimed India at war with Germany in 1939 ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
officeEnd Viceroy of India 1943 ⓘ
officeStart Viceroy of India 1936 ⓘ
placeOfBirth South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: South Queensferry
placeOfDeath Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh ⓘ
First Commissioner of Works ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
predecessor The Earl of Willingdon ⓘ
spouse Dorit Rhys-Hughes ⓘ
linked to: Dorit Rhys
successor The Viscount Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell

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Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal → officeHeldBy → Sir Ronaldshay (Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow) ⓘ
Hersey Everleigh-de-Moleyns → child → Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
linked to: Sir Ronaldshay (Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow)
Dorit Rhys → spouse → Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow ⓘ
linked to: Sir Ronaldshay (Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow)