1980 RETURN TO COLDITZ OFLAG 1Vc COVER SIGNED BY COLDITZ P.O.W CHARLES HOPE

Signed by :: Captain Charles Hope 3rd Earl of Linlithgow

Charles William Frederick Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow MC (7 April 1912 – 7 April 1987) was a British peer and businessman.

Early years

The son of Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow. He was the elder twin brother of John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon. His first wife, Vivien Kenyon-Slaney, daughter of Major Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney, died on 23 September 1963. He later married Judith Lawson, daughter of Stanley Matthew Lawson, in 1965.

He was educated at Ludgrove School[1] and Eton College. Lord Hope fought in WWII and received the Military Cross for his service.[2] He was a member of the 51st (Highland) Division.[2] In 1940, he was taken prisoner at Dunkirk[3] and held at Colditz Castle.[2]