Group Captain Sir Archibald Philip Hope, 17th Baronet, OBE, DFC, AE (27 March 1912 – 12 July 1987) was a Scottish aristocrat and aviator who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
[7] In recognition of his war service, he was decorated with the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1940, invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945, and admitted to the Royal Company of Archers.
[5] After the war Hope had business ties to English Electric Company Ltd., Napier Aero Engines Ltd., and Airwork Ltd.[5] In 1938, Hope married Ruth Chamberlain Davis, the daughter of Carl R. Davis of Fryern, Storrington, Sussex.
[11] A brother, Lieutenant Colonel John Cecil Hope (1913–1945), served with the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross, before he died on 24 April 1945 on active duty in Italy.
[14] He and his wife are buried in the Hope Baronets' plot at St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Scotland.