Hope Weir, Charles

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Dates 1743-68
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Catherine Weir (d.1743); Anne Vane (div. 1757); Helen Dunbar
Issue 9 sons, 5 daughters
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Assumed surname of first wife upon acquisition of Blackwood estate. Elected MP for Linlithgowshire, voted with the Government. Re-elected in successive elections. Also acquired other posts: Governor of Blackness Castle (1744-91), trustee for fisheries and manufactures (1755-84), commissioner for forfeited estates (1755) and chamberlain of Ettrick forest 1768-91). Died 1791.