Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope, Member of Parliament for Maidstone, Stoke and the University of Cambridge, Privy Counsellor, Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects., Stoke and Cambridge University, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, trustee of the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery., Member of Parliament for Maidstone and later Cambridge University, 1865–1867, trustee of the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Privy Counsellor from 1880, author and prominent Anglican and Gothic Revival patron.
Dates: 25 January 1820 – 20 October 1887
Biography
Author, Conservative politician, architectural patron and prominent Anglo-Catholic. He supported the rebuilding and development of St Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and was associated with the Ecclesiological movement. In 1854 he inherited Bedgebury Park in Kent and Beresford Hall in Staffordshire from his stepfather, Viscount Beresford, and thereafter used the surname Beresford-Hope.
Notes / Sources
British Armorial Bindings, Beresford-Hope entry — https://armorial.bibsoc.org.uk/stamp-owners/BER003.html
The Peerage, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope — https://www.thepeerage.com/p12961.htm
Dictionary of National Biography, Alexander James Beresford Hope — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography%2C_1885-1900/Hope%2C_Alexander_James_Beresford
Cambridge University Library provenance index — https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/provenance.pdf
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall
Father: Thomas Hope of Deepdene
Mother: Hon. Louisa de la Poer Beresford
Spouse(s): Lady Mildred Arabella Charlotte Henrietta Gascoyne-Cecil
Children / next generation: Bridget Beresford-Hope; Louisa Mary Beresford-Hope; Mary Frances Beresford-Hope; Philip Beresford Beresford-Hope; Charles Thomas Beresford-Hope; Etheldreda Beresford-Hope; Mildred Beresford-Hope; Margaret Beresford-Hope; Agnes Beresford-Hope; Mary Beresford-Hope
Armorial Registry
Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall — Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope and the Gascoyne-Cecil marriage branch
Branch: Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall
Issued / recorded: 1842
Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall — Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope, royal-licence name succession and Salisbury matrimonial branch
Branch: Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall, descended from Thomas Hope of Deepdene and the Hon. Louisa Beresford
Issued / recorded: 1854-05-30
Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall — Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope and the name-and-estate succession
Branch: Beresford-Hope of Bedgebury Park and Beresford Hall
Issued / recorded: 7 July 1842 marriage; 30 May 1854 name succession; 20 October 1887 death
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