EAST HOPE

Sir John , 1 Baronet ( eld. son of Thomas East hope of Tewkesbury ). b. Tewkesbury 29 Oct. 1784; stockbroker at 9 Exchange buildings, city of London 1818; made £150,000 in a few years; contested St. Albans 1821, Southampton 1835, Lewes 1837 and Bridgnorth 1847; M.P. for St. Albans 1826–30, for Banbury 1831–32 and for Leicester 1837–47; purchased Morning Chronicle in 1834 for £16,500; created baronet 24 Aug. 1841. d. Fir Grove near Wey bridge, Surrey 11 Dec. 1865. J. Grant’s Portraits of public characters i , 76–86 (1841); J. Sedgwick’s Letters (1845) pp. i-vi .