Peerage Record – 5507

     John George Frederick Hope-Wallace was born on 15 April 1839.¹ He was the son of Hon. James Hope-Wallace and Lady Mary Frances Nugent.¹ He married Mary Frances Bethune, daughter of Admiral Charles Ramsey Drinkwater Bethune, 24th of Balfour and Frances Cecilia Staples, on 19 June 1867.¹ He died on 14 July 1900 at age 61.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Northumberland.¹ He lived at Featherstone Castle, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Mary Frances Bethune was born circa February 1847 at Mayfair, London, England^G.² She was the daughter of Admiral Charles Ramsey Drinkwater Bethune, 24th of Balfour and Frances Cecilia Staples.^1,2 She married John George Frederick Hope-Wallace, son of Hon. James Hope-Wallace and Lady Mary Frances Nugent, on 19 June 1867.¹ She died on 17 February 1929.¹
     Her married name became Hope-Wallace.

     Admiral Charles Ramsey Drinkwater Bethune, 24th of Balfour was born on 27 December 1802 at Little Ealing, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune and Eleanor Congalton, 22nd of Balfour.¹ He married Frances Cecilia Staples circa February 1846 at Mayfair, London, England^G.¹ He died on 21 February 1884 at age 81 at Kensington, London, England^G.¹
     He lived at Balfour, Fife, Scotland^G.

     James Hope-Wallace was born on 20 February 1872.¹ He was the son of John George Frederick Hope-Wallace and Mary Frances Bethune.¹ He married Hon. Ursula Mary Addington, daughter of Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth and Ethel Mary Tonge, on 3 November 1909.¹ He died on 15 September 1917 at age 45, from wounds received on active service.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He lived at Featherstone Castle, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Hon. Ursula Mary Addington was the daughter of Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth and Ethel Mary Tonge.^1,2 She married James Hope-Wallace, son of John George Frederick Hope-Wallace and Mary Frances Bethune, on 3 November 1909.¹ She died on 24 August 1962.¹
     Her married name became Hope-Wallace.

     Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth was born on 29 November 1854.¹ He was the son of William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth and Georgiana Susan Pellew.² He married Ethel Mary Tonge, daughter of Captain Louis Charles Henry Tonge, on 27 July 1881.¹ He died on 25 March 1915 at age 60.¹
     He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England.¹ He was educated at Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Devon.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Sidmouth, of Sidmouth, co. Devon [U.K., 1802] on 28 October 1913.¹

     Ethel Mary Tonge was the daughter of Captain Louis Charles Henry Tonge.¹ She married Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth, son of William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth and Georgiana Susan Pellew, on 27 July 1881.¹ She died on 18 December 1954.¹
     Her married name became Addington. After her marriage, Ethel Mary Tonge was styled as Viscountess Sidmouth on 28 October 1913.

     Captain Louis Charles Henry Tonge lived at Highway, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹

     Ruth Hope-Wallace was born on 25 September 1911.¹ She is the daughter of James Hope-Wallace and Hon. Ursula Mary Addington.¹ She married Eric Cairns, son of Russell Cairns, on 3 September 1937.¹
     Her married name became Cairns. She lived in 2003 at Halbank Head, Featherstone, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Eric Cairns is the son of Russell Cairns.¹ He married Ruth Hope-Wallace, daughter of James Hope-Wallace and Hon. Ursula Mary Addington, on 3 September 1937.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.¹