James Archibald Hope

General Sir James Archibald Hope, GCB (14 April 1786 – 30 December 1871) was a senior officer in the British Army.

He served with the regiment in the Hanover Expedition in 1805–06 and was a deputy assistant adjutant-general under Lieutenant-General Lord Cathcart at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807.

He was aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham at the Battle of Barossa, and brought home despatches and the French eagle captured by the 87th Regiment of Foot.

Hope was appointed colonel of the 9th Regiment of Foot in 1848, was made lieutenant-general in 1851, and promoted full general on 12 June 1859.

[3] Hope died at home in Balgowan House, Cheltenham on 30 December 1871, aged 86 and was buried in St Peters churchyard, Leckhampton.