Arthur Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour

The Right Honourable The Lord Rankeillour GCIE MC
Arthur Hope in 1940
Governor of Madras Presidency
In office 12 March 1940 – 26 February 1946
Governor-General	The Marquess of Linlithgow The Earl Wavell
Preceded by	John Erskine, Lord Erskine
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Foley Knight As Acting Governor
Personal details
Born	7 May 1897 Marylebone, London, England
Died	26 May 1958 (aged 61) Surrey, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Grizel Gilmour (1919-58)

Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour GCIE MC (7 May 1897 – 26 May 1958) was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was a Conservative and served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1924 to 1929 and for Birmingham Aston from 1931 to 1939, after which he was Governor of the Madras Presidency of British India from 1940 to 1946.

Hope was born to the first Lord Rankeillour in 1897 and had his early education in England. He served with distinction in France during the First World War and entered public life soon after his military service was over.

Hope married Grizel Gilmour in 1919 and had four daughters. He died on 26 May 1958, nineteen days after his 61st birthday.

Arthur Oswald James Hope was born to James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour, by his marriage to Mabel Ellen Riddell, at Marylebone, England on 7 May 1897. His father had served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. Arthur was the eldest of four children, the others being Henry John Hope, 3rd Baron Rankeillour (1899–1967), Joan Mary Hope, and Richard Frederick Hope (1901–1964).

Hope was educated at The Oratory School and at Sandhurst. He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War and rose to be a Captain. He was wounded in action in France and was mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre.