John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 September 1704 – 12 February 1781) was a

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aristocrat. Hopetoun house sunny day

Early life

Hope was born on 7 September 1704. He was the son of

Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, Order of the Thistle, KT, Privy Council, PC (1681 – 26 February 1742) was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman. Early life He was the son of John Hope of Hopetoun by a daughter of the John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Had ...

and Lady Henrietta Johnstone. Among his siblings were Lady Sophia Hope (wife of

James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater and 2nd Earl of Seafield ( – 9 July 1764) was a Scottish peer. Early life James was born . He was the son of James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield and the former Anne Dunbar. His father, the Lord Chancellor o ...

), Lady Henrietta Hope (wife of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier), Lady Margaret Hope (wife of John Dundas), Hon.

Charles Hope-Weir The Hon. Charles Hope-Weir (or Hope-Vere; 8 May 1710 – 30 December 1791) was a Scottish politician. Life Born The Hon. Charles Hope, he was the second son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone, daughter of William ...

(who married Catherine Weir and Lady Anne Vane, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Darlington, and Helen Dunbar), Lady Helen Hope (wife of James Watson), Lady Christian Hope (wife of Thomas Graham of Balgowan), and Lady Charlotte Hope (wife of Thomas Erskine,

Lord Erskine The Lordship of Parliament of Erskine (Lord Erskine) was created around 1426 for Sir Robert Erskine. The sixth lord was created Earl of Mar in 1565, with which title (and the earldom of Kellie) the lordship then merged. Lords Erskine (c. 1426) * ...

, eldest son and heir apparent of the 6th Earl of Mar). His paternal grandparents were the former Lady Margaret Hamilton (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Haddington) and John Hope of Hopetoun, who purchased the

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of Niddry from

George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton (c. 1641 – 6 March 1704) was a Scotland, Scottish Cavalier, Royalist, Privy Councillor, and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire. He was the son of George Seton, Lord Seton, George Seton, Master of Winton, and Lady Henr ...

and 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 ...

, with the office of heritable sheriff of the County of Linlithgow. His maternal grandparents were

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. ...

and the former Sophia Fairholm (a daughter of John Fairholm of Craigiehall).''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' (1866), p. 301

Career

Upon the death of his father on 26 February 1742, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hopetoun. In 1747 he was appointed

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(trustee in Lunacy) for his half-uncle, the 4th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell.

Personal life

Lord Hopetoun was married three times throughout his life. His first marriage was on 14 September 1733 to Lady Anne Ogilvy, daughter of

(son of the 4th Earl of Findlater) and Lady Elizabeth Hay. Before her death, they were the parents of: * Elizabeth Hope (1739–1756) *

James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun FRSE (23 August 1741 – 29 May 1816) was a Scottish peer, politician and military officer. Life Hopetoun was the son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, and his first wife, Lady Anne Ogilvy, daughte ...

(1741–1817), who married Lady Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of

George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk (2 August 1716 – 22 January 1792) was a Scottish naval officer and peer. He was the son of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk and Lady Margaret Wemyss and was born on 2 August 1716. A career Roya ...

, in 1766. *

Lady Henrietta Hope Lady Henrietta Hope (1750 – 1 January 1786) was a British benefactor from Scotland. She was a lifelong friend of chapel builder Willielma Campbell and Hope Chapel in Bristol is named after her. Life Hope was born in Scotland. Her parents were ...

(–1786). * Sophia Hope (1759–1813) He married, secondly, Jane Oliphant (d. 1767) on 30 October 1762. She was a daughter of Robert Oliphant and sister to Robert Oliphant, a

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, and Katherine Oliphant (wife of

Colin Drummond Colin Irwin John Hamilton Drummond (born 22 February 1951) is a British businessman, and the former CEO of Viridor, and joint CEO of Pennon Group. Early life Drummond was born and brought up in Northern Ireland, where his father worked in t ...

). Before her death on 16 March 1767, they were the parents of: * Lady Anne Hope (1763–1780) * Jane Hope (d. 1829) * Gen.

John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, (17 August 1765 – 27 August 1823), known as The Honourable John Hope from 1781 to 1814 and as Lord Niddry from 1814 to 1816, was a Scottish politician and British Army officer. Military career Hopetoun ...

(1765–1823), who married Elizabeth Hope Vere, daughter of

, in 1798. After her death he married Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn, daughter of

John Wedderburn of Ballendean Sir John Wedderburn of Ballindean, 6th Baronet of Blackness (1729–1803) was a Scottish landowner who made a fortune in Sugar plantations in the Caribbean, slave sugar in the West Indies. Born into a family of impoverished Perthshire gentry, hi ...

, and granddaughter of

Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness, (1704–1746) was a Perthshire gentleman who joined the 1745 rebellion of Charles Edward Stuart. He was captured at the Battle of Culloden, taken to London, and convicted of treason. He was hanged, ...

. * Jean Hope His third marriage was to Lady Elizabeth "Betty" Leslie, (d. 1788) on 10 June 1767. She was a daughter of

Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven (28 May 1695 – 2 September 1754) was a Scottish aristocrat. Early life He was the son of David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven (1660–1728) and Lady Anne Wemyss (1675–1702). His mother was the eldest daughte ...

and Elizabeth Monypenny and the sister of David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven. Together, they were the parents of:Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition'', 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 1, page 81. * Gen. Hon. Charles Hope (1768–1828), who married Lady Louisa Anne Finch-Hatton. * Gen. Hon. Sir Alexander Hope (1769–1837), who married Georgiana Brown in 1805. * Lady Margaret Hope (1772-1831), who married Alexander Maclean, 13th Laird of Ardgour. * Lady Charlotte Hope (1778–1834), who married her cousin,

Charles Hope, Lord Granton Charles Hope, Lord Granton, FRSE (29 June 1763 – 30 October 1851), was a Scottish politician and judge. Life Hope was born on 29 June 1763, the eldest son of Mary Breton, the only daughter of Eliab Breton of Forty Hill, Enfield (a granddaugh ...

. * Lady Mary Anne Hope (d. 1838), who married Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, 6th Baronet, brother of Sir George Murray. Lord Hopetoun died on 12 February 1781 and was succeeded in his titles by his son, James Hope-Johnstone. His third wife died on 10 April 1788.

References

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