Alexander James Beresford Hope
Alexander James Beresford Hope ( January 25, 1820 - October 20, 1887 ) was a British politician and writer.
Alexander James Beresford Hope, son of Thomas Hope , belonged to the so-called Party of Young England and made himself felt at an early stage through his zeal for the restoration of the old English church monuments.
Member of Parliament for Maidstone since 1841 , he fell through in the new elections in 1852 and 1859, but was re-elected for Stoke-upon-Trent in 1865 and was a representative of Cambridge University in Parliament since 1868 .
Lord Beaconsfield made him a member of the Council of State in 1880. Hope was highly conservative in all things and at the same time one of the most intransigent representatives of the English high church. He published:
- Essays (1844);
- English cathedrals in the XIX. century (1861);
- The social and political bearings of the American disruption (1863);
- Cathedrals in their missionary aspects (1872);
- Hints towards peace in ceremonial matters (1874);
- Worship in the church of England (1874); the novels
- Strictly tied-up (1880) and
- The Brandreth (1882);
- Worship and order (1883) et al
Web links
- Alexander Beresford Hope at Hansard (English)
- Charles Priestley: "Batavian Grace" - Alexander Beresford Hope ( Memento from November 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
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| SURNAME | Beresford Hope, Alexander James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hope, Alexander James Beresford-; Beresford Hope, Alexander James; Beresford Hope, AJB; Beresford Hope, Alexander James Beresford; Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1820 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1887 |