John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
(1860-1908)
Scottish peer and 1st Governor-General of Australia
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John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow KT GCMG GCVO PC (25 September 1860 – 29 February 1908), also known as Viscount Aithrie before 1873 and as The 7th Earl of Hopetoun between 1873 and 1902, was a Scottish aristocrat, politician and colonial administrator. He is best known for his brief and controversial tenure as the first Governor-General of Australia. When he became Governor-General, he was 40 years old and he remains the youngest person to have held that office; he is also the shortest-lived, dying at the age of 47. In Australia he is remembered as Lord Hopetoun.
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25 September 1860 South Queensferry, Scotland
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29 February 1908 (aged 47)
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