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Percy Wentworth Hope-Johnstone (2 January 1909 – 5 April 1983) was a British Army officer, de jure 10th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell.

Life[edit]

Hope-Johnstone was the son of Evelyn Wentworth Hope-Johnstone (9 March 1879 – 26 October 1964) and Eileen Briscoe (died 18 April 1909). He was educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the 16th/5th Lancers of the British Army, in which he became a Lieutenant.^[1] He later served with the 155th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry)^[2] Field Regiment, the Royal Artillery, in which he was promoted to the rank of Major. During the Malayan campaign of the Second World War, Hope-Johnstone was captured in the Far East and held as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

On the death of his father, he succeeded him as Chief of Clan Johnstone, Hereditary Steward of Annandale, and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. He also succeeded his father as Lord Johnstone and to the dormant peerage of Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, but never claimed it.

Personal life[edit]

On 7 July 1932, Hope-Johnstone married Phyllis Athena MacDonell. They had no children and divorced in 1939. On 26 July 1940 he married Margaret Jane Hunter-Arundell (8 November 1910 – 5 May 1998). They had two children:

Patrick Andrew Wentworth, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (born 19 April 1941)
Lady Eileen Elizabeth (born 3 October 1948)

References[edit]

^ "Page 5645 | Issue 33530, 30 August 1929 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
^ "Page 6337 | Supplement 34685, 15 September 1939 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.

[1] "Page 5645 | Issue 33530, 30 August 1929 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.

[2] "Page 6337 | Supplement 34685, 15 September 1939 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.

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-'''Percy Wentworth Hope-Johnstone, de jure 10th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell''' (2 January 1909 – 5 April 1983) was a ''de jure'' [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Peerage|peer]] and soldier in the [[British Army]].
+'''Percy Wentworth Hope-Johnstone''' (2 January 1909 – 5 April 1983) was a [[British Army]] officer, ''de jure'' 10th [[Earl of Annandale and Hartfell]].
-He was the son of [[Evelyn Hope-Johnston, 9th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell|Evelyn Wentworth Hope-Johnstone]] (9 March 1879 – 26 October 1964) and Eileen Briscoe (died 18 April 1909). He succeeded to his titles as Laird of [[Clan Johnstone]], which included 10th Lord Johnstone and Hereditary Steward of Annandale and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace, on the death of his father. He also succeeded to the dormant title of [[Earl of Annandale and Hartfell]], but never claimed it.
+==Life==
-He was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. After school he joined the [[British Army]] and was made a Lieutenant with the [[16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers|16th/5th Lancers]]. He was then part of the 155th ([[Lanarkshire Yeomanry]]) Field Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] where he obtained the rank of Major. During [[World War II]], he was captured in the [[Far East]] during the [[Malayan campaign]] and kept as a [[prisoner of war]].
+Hope-Johnstone was the son of [[Evelyn Hope-Johnston, 9th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell|Evelyn Wentworth Hope-Johnstone]] (9 March 1879 – 26 October 1964) and Eileen Briscoe (died 18 April 1909). He was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], from where he was commissioned into the [[16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers|16th/5th Lancers]] of the [[British Army]], in which he became a Lieutenant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33530/page/5645|title=Page 5645 &#124; Issue 33530, 30 August 1929 &#124; London Gazette &#124; The Gazette|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> He later served with the 155th ([[Lanarkshire Yeomanry]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34685/supplement/6337|title=Page 6337 &#124; Supplement 34685, 15 September 1939 &#124; London Gazette &#124; The Gazette|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> Field Regiment, the [[Royal Artillery]], in which he was promoted to the rank of Major. During the [[Malayan campaign]] of the [[World War II|Second World War]], Hope-Johnstone was captured in the [[Far East]] and held as a [[prisoner of war]] of the Japanese.
+On the death of his father, he succeeded him as Chief of [[Clan Johnstone]], Hereditary Steward of Annandale, and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. He also succeeded his father as Lord Johnstone and to the dormant peerage of [[Earl of Annandale and Hartfell]], but never claimed it.
-On 7 July 1932 he married Phyllis Athena MacDonell. They had no children and divorced in 1939.
+==Personal life==
-On 26 July 1940 he married Margaret Jane Hunter-Arundell (8 November 1910 – 5 May 1998). They had two children:
+On 7 July 1932, Hope-Johnstone married Phyllis Athena MacDonell. They had no children and divorced in 1939. On 26 July 1940 he married Margaret Jane Hunter-Arundell (8 November 1910 – 5 May 1998). They had two children:
 *[[Patrick Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell|Patrick Andrew Wentworth, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell]] (born 19 April 1941)
 *Lady Eileen Elizabeth (born 3 October 1948)
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope-Johnstone, Percy Wentworth}}
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 [[Category:British World War II prisoners of war]]
 [[Category:Lanarkshire Yeomanry officers]]
+[[Category:Clan Johnstone|Percy]]
 [[Category:Earls of Annandale and Hartfell]]
+[[Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Japan]]