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WALLACE, James Hope, British officer, born in Rankeilour, Fifeshire, Scotland. 7 June, 1807; died in Featherstone Castle, Northumberland, England. 7 January, 1854. He was the second son of General John Hope, fourth Earl of Hopetoun, entered the Cold-stream guards in 1821, and served in that regiment till 1844, when he retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He went to Canada with his regiment in 1838, and in November of the same year was selected by the governor-general, Lord Seaton, to raise volunteers for service in the province. In less than a week after receiving the commission he had succeeded in organizing the "Queen's volunteers," a regiment of 1,000 men, ready to perform garrison duties in Quebec, which enabled the Grenadier guards to be moved up the country. Soon after leaving Canada, Colonel Hope succeeded to the estates of his uncle, Lord Wallace, whose name he took, but not the title.
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