Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun KT PC (1681 – 26 February 1742) was a Scottish nobleman.

Early life

He was the son of John Hope of Hopetoun by a daughter of the 4th Earl of Haddington. His father, John Hope, purchased the

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from

George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton (c. 1641 – 6 March 1704) was a Scottish Royalist, Privy Councillor, and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire. He was the son of George Seton, Master of Winton and Henrietta Gordon, a daughter of George Gordon, 2nd Marq ...

around 1680. He also bought the neighbouring barony of

Abercorn Abercorn (Gaelic: ''Obar Chùirnidh'', Old English: ''Æbbercurnig'') is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around west of South Queensferry. The parish had a p ...

, with the office of heritable sheriff of the County of Linlithgow, from Sir Walter Seton. His paternal grandfather was Sir James Hope of Hopetoun and paternal great-grandfather was

Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall (1573–1646) was a Scottish lawyer, and Lord Advocate under Charles I. Life He was the son of an eminent Edinburgh merchant, Henry Hope, and his French wife, Jacqueline de Tott, her parents of ...

of Craighall, Fife.

Peerage

In 1681, John Hope was shire commissioner for

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in the

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. The following year, his father drowned with the sinking of in 1682. Traveling with the

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, family tradition has that his father had secured a seat in a rescue boats but gave it up to the Duke of York. The tradition continues that in recognition of this act, Charles was created Earl of Hopetoun in the

Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, ...

by Queen Anne on 15 April 1703, shortly after reaching his majority.

Career

Charles Hope supported the union with England. He later served as a Scottish

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at Westminster, from 1722 until his death. Lord Hopetoun acted as Lord High Commissioner to the

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in 1723, and was Governor of the

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from 1740 until his death. He was created a

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in 1738. Around 1738/9 he bought the entire estate of

Ormiston Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston, located on the north bank of the River Tyne at an elevation of about . The village was the first planned village in Scotland, founded in 1735 ...

from

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who had ironically bankrupted himself due to the cost of agricultural improvements and building the "model village" of Ormiston in 1736.

Personal life

In 1699, Charles Hope married Lady Henrietta Johnstone, daughter of

William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale William Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, 1st Marquess of Annandale KT (17 February 1664 – 14 January 1721) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and Henrietta Douglas. He s ...

and the former Sophia Fairholm (a daughter of John Fairholm of Craigiehall). Their children include: * Lady Sophia Hope (1702–1761), who married, as his second wife,

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, in 1723. *

John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 September 1704 – 12 February 1781) was the son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone. He married on 14 September 1733 to Anne Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater ...

(1704–1781), who married Lady Anne Ogilvy, second daughter of

. * Lady Henrietta Hope (1706–1745), who married, as his first wife,

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of Merchistoun, after 1729. * Lady Margaret Hope (1708–1778), who married John Dundas of Duddingston in 1745. * Charles Hope-Weir (1710–1791), who married Catherine Weir, daughter and heiress of Sir William Weir of Blackwood, Bt. After her death in 1743, he married Lady Anne Vane, a daughter of

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; he married thirdly to Helen Dunbar, a daughter of George Dunbar of Leuchold. * Lady Helen Hope (1711–1778), who married James Watson of Saughton, in 1737. * Lady Christian Hope (1714–1799), who married Thomas Graham of Balgowan in 1743. * Lady Charlotte Hope (1720–1788), who married the Thomas Erskine,

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, eldest son and heir apparent of

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and Lady Margaret Hay (daughter of

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), in 1741. Lord Hopetoun died on 26 February 1742 and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son,

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References

1681 births 1742 deaths Earls of Hopetoun Peers of Scotland created by Queen Anne Scottish representative peers Knights of the Thistle

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...

Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Governors of the Bank of Scotland Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1702–1707 {{Scotland-earl-stub