John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
Lady Henrietta Johnstone
John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 September 1704 – 12 February 1781) was a Scottish aristocrat.
Early life
Hope was born on 7 September 1704. He was the son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone.[1] Among his siblings were Lady Sophia Hope (wife of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater),[2] Lady Henrietta Hope (wife of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier),[2] Lady Margaret Hope (wife of John Dundas),[2] Hon. Charles Hope-Weir (who married Catherine Weir and Lady Anne Vane, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Darlington, and Helen Dunbar),[2] Lady Helen Hope (wife of James Watson),[2] Lady Christian Hope (wife of Thomas Graham of Balgowan),[3] and Lady Charlotte Hope (wife of Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine, eldest son and heir apparent of the 6th Earl of Mar).[2]
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 barony of Niddry from George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton and the neighbouring barony of Abercorn, with the office of heritable sheriff of the County of Linlithgow.[2] His maternal grandparents were William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale and the former Sophia Fairholm (a daughter of John Fairholm of Craigiehall).[4]
Career
Upon the death of his father on 26 February 1742, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hopetoun.[5]
In 1747 he was appointed Curator bonis (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 James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater (son of the 4th Earl of Findlater) and Lady Elizabeth Hay. Before her death, they were the parents of:[6]
- Elizabeth Hope (1739–1756)[6]
- James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (1741–1817),[6] who married Lady Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk, in 1766.
- Lady Henrietta Hope (c. 1750–1786).[7]
- Sophia Hope (1759–1813)[6]
He married, secondly, Jane Oliphant (d. 1767) on 30 October 1762. She was a daughter of Robert Oliphant and sister to Robert Oliphant, a Postmaster General for Scotland, and Katherine Oliphant (wife of Colin Drummond). Before her death on 16 March 1767, they were the parents of:[6]
- Lady Anne Hope (1763–1780)[6]
- Jane Hope (d. 1829)[6]
- Gen. John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765–1823),[6] who married Elizabeth Hope Vere, daughter of Charles Hope-Weir, in 1798. After her death he married Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn, daughter of John Wedderburn of Ballendean, and granddaughter of Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness.[8]
- Jean Hope[6]
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 and Elizabeth Monypenny and the sister of David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven.[9] Together, they were the parents of:[6]
- Gen. Hon. Charles Hope (1768–1828), who married Lady Louisa Anne Finch-Hatton.[6]
- Gen. Hon. Sir Alexander Hope (1769–1837), who married Georgiana Brown in 1805.[6]
- Lady Margaret Hope (1772-1831), who married Alexander Maclean, 13th Laird of Ardgour.[6]
- Lady Charlotte Hope (1778–1834), who married her cousin, Charles Hope, Lord Granton.[10]
- Lady Mary Anne Hope (d. 1838), who married Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, 6th Baronet, brother of Sir George Murray.[11]
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.[2]
References
- ^ "History of the Hope Family". hopetoun.co.uk. Hopetoun. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. pp. 300–301. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Thomas Bailey Saunders (1894). The Life and Letters of James Macpherson. University of Michigan. S. Sonnenschein & co .; Macmillan & co. pp. 63–64.
- ^ A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (1866), p. 301
- ^ "Hope, Charles (1681-1742)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.
- ^ E. Dorothy Graham, 'Hope, Lady Henrietta (c.1750–1786)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 June 2017
- ^ Wood, John Philip (1794). The Antient and Modern state of the Parish of Cramond. John Paterson, Edinburgh. pp. 150–151. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
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- ^ Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh; vol. 5, ch. 16
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1882). "Members of parliament, Scotland, including the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires, and the commissioners the for the burghs, 1357-1882, on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices". Google Books. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1882). "Members of parliament, Scotland, including the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires, and the commissioners the for the burghs, 1357-1882, on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices". Google Books. p. 271. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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