David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hope of Craighead KT PC FRSE |
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| Convenor of the Crossbench Peers | |
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Assumed office 28 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Laming |
| Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom |
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In office 1 October 2009 – 26 June 2013 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Hale of Richmond |
| Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 21 April 2009 – 1 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Hoffmann |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 1 October 1996 – 1 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Keith of Kinkel |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Lord Justice General Lord President of the Court of Session |
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In office 1989–1996 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Emslie |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry |
| Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde | |
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In office 1998–2013 |
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| Deputy | Sir Jim McDonald |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Smith of Kelvin |
| Personal details | |
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James Arthur David Hope 27 June 1938 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Katharine Mary Kerr |
| Residence | Edinburgh |
| Alma mater |
St John's College, Cambridge; University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Advocate |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1957–59 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Seaforth Highlanders |
James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, KT, PC, FRSE (born 27 June 1938) is a retired Scottish judge who served as the first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 until his retirement in 2013, having previously been the Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. In 2015, he became the Convenor of the Crossbench peers in the House of Lords.
Hope was born on 27 June 1938 to Edinburgh lawyer Arthur Henry Cecil Hope, OBE, WS and Muriel Ann Neilson Hope (née Collie), and educated at Edinburgh Academy and Rugby School. After National Service as an officer with the Seaforth Highlanders between 1957 and 1959, rising to lieutenant, he was an Open Scholar at St John's College, Cambridge in 1959 and graduated B.A. in 1962. He then returned to Scotland and studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburgh, graduating LL.B. in 1965.
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