Sir John Hope, 16th Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet, OBE (7 July 1869 - 17 April 1924) was a British soldier and politician.

He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa in 1901-1902 and was awarded the Queen's medal with 4 clasps.

[3] He was back as a regular officer in the 3rd battalion of his regiment in early September 1902,[4] and was promoted to major in 1905.

He later served in World War I with the 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, was wounded and awarded the OBE in 1919.

[5] In 1918 when the constituency was split, he was elected as Conservative member for Midlothian North and Peebles, which he held until 1922.