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Hollenden, Baron (UK, 1912)

Creation: let. pat. 9 Feb 1912

Family name: Hope later Hope-Morley

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Arms:

Argent a Leopard's Face jessant-de-lis Sable between three Griffins' Heads erased Gules

Crest:

A Demi Griffin Argent Wings elevated Ermine holding between the claws a Leopard's Face jessant-de-lis as in the Arms

Supporters:

On either side a Stag proper chained around the neck and suspended therefrom an Anchor Or

Motto:

Tienax Propositi (Tenacious of purpose)

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Samuel Hope [Morley], 1st Baron Hollenden JP DL

1st son of Samuel Morley JP DL MP, of Hall Place, Leigh, Tonbridge, co. Kent, by his wife Rebekah Maria Hope, dau. of Samuel Hope, of Liverpool

born

3 Jul 1845

mar.

6 Mar 1884 Laura Marianne Birch (d. 28 Oct 1945), dau. of Rev G Royds Birch

children

1. Hon Geoffrey Hope Morley later Hope-Morley, later 2nd Baron Hollenden

2. Capt Hon Claude Hope Morley later Hope-Morley, High Sheriff of the County of London 1938 (b. 5 Jun 1887; d. 8 Apr 1968), mar. 6 Jul 1911 Lady Dorothy Edith Isabel Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson (b. 11 Apr 1891; d. 15 Dec 1972), 1st dau. of Sidney Carr [Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson], 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire, by his wife Georgiana Wilhelmina Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson later Mercer-Henderson, only child of Capt Hon Hew Adam Dalrymple Hamilton Haldane-Duncan later Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson of Fordell (by his wife Edith Isabella Mercer-Henderson, 2nd dau. of Lt Gen Douglas Mercer-Henderson of Fordell CB (by his wife ..... .....), 3rd son of Lt Col George Mercer, by his wife Jean Henderson, sister of Sir John Henderson of Fordell, 5th Bt., and dau. of Sir Robert Henderson of Fordell, 4th Bt.), 3rd but 2nd surv. son of Robert Dundas [Haldane-Duncan], 1st Earl of Camperdown, by his wife Janet Hamilton-Dalrymple, 2nd dau. of Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple of North Berwick, 3rd Bt.and had issue:

1a. Gordon Hope Hope-Morley, later 3rd Baron Hollenden

1a. Hon Ann Rosemary Hope Hope-Morley, served in the ATS during World War II, raised to the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron 1977 (b. 10 Aug 1916), mar. 12 Jun 1946 Sir Ralph Alured Newman, 5th Bt., and has issue

2a. Hon Stella Hope Hope-Morley, served in the WRNS during World War II, raised to the style and precendence of the daughter of a Baron 1977 (b. 18 Apr 1919), mar. 21 Oct 1950 Neville Whiteoak Robinson (d. 30 Apr 1998), 2nd son of David Whiteoak Robinson, of Richmond Court, Edgbaston, Birmingham, and has issue

3a. Hon Lorna Margaret Dorothy Hope-Morley JP, raised to the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron 1977 (b. 25 Feb 1929; d. 19 Dec 2019), mar. 30 Apr 1957 Sir Michael Bowen Hanley KCB (b. 1919; d. 1 Jan 2001), son of Prof James Alex Hanley PhD by his wife Una Bowen, and had two adopted children

died

18 Feb 1929

created

9 Feb 1912 Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent

suc. by

son

note

High Sheriff of the County of London 1893; Governor of the Bank of England 1903-05

Geoffrey Hope [Morley later Hope-Morley], 2nd Baron Hollenden

born

28 Jan 1885

mar. (1)

19 Dec 1914 (div. 1928) Hon Mary Sidney Katherine Almina Gardner (b. 27 Aug 1896; d. 1982), 3rd dau. of Herbert Coulstoun [Gardner], 1st Baron Burghclere, by his wife Lady Winifred Anne Henrietta Christiana Byng, 1st dau. by his first wife of Henry Howard Molyneux [Herbert], 4th Earl of Carnarvon

children by first wife

1. Hon Mary Joan Fenella Hope Hope-Morley (b. 21 Sep 1915), mar. (1) 28 May 1941 (div. 1965) David Babington Smith (d. 1989), yst. son of Sir Henry Babington Smith GBE CH JCB CSI, and (2) 4 Feb 1965 Geoffrey Hugh Pendril John, son of Dr William Davies John, and has issue by her first husband

2. Hon Elspeth Rachel Marianne Hope Hope-Morley (b. 10 Mar 1917; d. 1989), mar. 20 Jun 1942 Sir David Francis Muirhead KCMG CVO, formerly HM Ambassador to Lima (d. 3 Feb 1999), son of David Nuirhead, of Kippen, co. Stirling, and had issue 

mar. (2)

6 May 1929 Muriel Ivy (d. 6 Jun 1962), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Evelyn Gladstone, 4th Bt., by his wife Gertrude Theresa Miller, 1st dau. of Sir Charles Hayes Miller. 7th Bt., of Froyle Park, co. Hampshire

mar. (3)

1963 Violet Norris Howitt (widow of Frank Ditch Howitt CVO), dau. of Alfred Leverton, of Glaythorn, Peterborough

died

s.p.m. 19 Oct 1977

suc. by

nephew

note

High Sheriff of the County of London 1917; Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company 1938-39

Gordon Hope [Hope-Morley], 3rd Baron Hollenden

born

8 Jan 1914

mar.

27 Oct 1945 Sonja Sundt (b. c. 1919; d. 24 Jun 2014), dau. of Thorolf Sundt, of Bergen, Norway

children

1. Hon Ian Hampden Hope-Morley, later 4th Baron Hollenden

2. Hon Robin Gordon Hope-Morley, of Flat 2, 159 Ebury Street, London SW1 (b. 9 Jun 1949)

3. Hon Andrew James Sundt Hope-Morley, of Flat 5, 33 Cathcart Road, London SW10 (b. 16 Sep 1952)

died

12 Apr 1999

suc. by

son

note

served on World War II as Major, Black Watch; Alderman, City of London 1954-58

Ian Hampden [Hope-Morley], 4th Baron Hollenden

born

23 Oct 1946

mar. (1)

29 Apr 1972 (div. 1985) Baroness Beatrice Saulnier d'Anchald, dau. of Baron Pierre d'Anchald, of Paris, France

children by first wife

1. Hon Edward Hope-Morley (b. 9 Apr 1981)

1. Hon Juliette Hope-Morley (b. 13 Jun 1974)

mar. (2)

10 Oct 1988 Caroline N Ash, only dau. of Kim Ash, of Johannesburg, South Africa

children by second wife

2. Hon Alistair Kim Hope-Morley (b. 1990)

3. Hon Henry Gordon Hope-Morley (b. 1993)

 Last updated 17 Apr 2020

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Title:

4th Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 9 Feb 1912)

Address:

The Estate Office, Great Hampden, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire HP16 9RE

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