Marquess of Linlithgow - Definition

The title of Marquess of Linlithgow was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1902 for the 7th Earl of Hopetoun, the first Governor-General of Australia. His son would later serve as Viceroy of India.

The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Hopetoun (Scottish, 1703), Viscount Aithrie (Scottish, 1703), Lord Hope (Scottish, 1703), Baron Hopetoun (UK, 1809), and Baron Niddry (UK, 1814). He is also a Baronet of Nova Scotia.

Earls of Hopetoun (1703)

• Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681-1742)
• John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (1704-1781)
• James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (1741-1816)
• John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765-1823)
• John Hope, 5th Earl of Hopeton (1803-1843)
• John Alexander Hope, 6th Earl of Hopetoun (1831-1873)
• John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860-1908) (became Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902)

Marquesses of Linlithgow (1902)

• John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow (1860-1908)
• Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887-1952)
• Charles William Frederick Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow (1912-1987)
• Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (b. 1946)