John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun

John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun ( 7 September 1704 - 12 February 1781 ) was a Scottish - British nobleman .

He was the eldest son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun , from his marriage to Lady Henrietta Johnstone, daughter of William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale . When his father died in 1742, he inherited his title of nobility as 2nd Earl of Hopetoun .

From 1744 to 1760 he held the office of Lord of Police (Home Secretary) for Scotland. In 1747 he was appointed trustee ( curator bonis ) over his property because of a mental illness of his half-uncle, George Johnstone, 4th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1720-1792) . In 1754 he was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland .

Marriages and offspring

Hope was married three times. His first marriage was on September 14, 1733, Lady Anne Ogilvy († 1759), a daughter of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater . With her he had four daughters and five sons:

• Lady Elizabeth Hope (1736–1756), ⚭ 1754 Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig (1722–1754), son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry ;
• Lady Henrietta Hope (1738-1738);
• Charles Hope, Lord Hope (1740-1766);
• James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (1741-1816);
• Hon. John Hope (1743-1759);
• Lady Henrietta Hope (1746-1786);
• Hon. William Hope (1749-1750);
• Hon. Henry Hope (1749-1776);
• Lady Sophia Hope (1759–1813), ⚭ 1779 Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington .

In his second marriage, he married on October 30, 1762 Jane Oliphant († 1767), daughter of Robert Oliphant, lord of Rossie in Perthshire . With her he had two daughters and a son:

• Lady Anne Hope (1763-1780);
• John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765-1823), British Army general;
• Lady Jane Hope (1766-1829), ⚭ (1) 1793 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , ⚭ (2) 1814 Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace .

In his third marriage, he married on June 10, 1767 Lady Elizabeth Leslie († 1788), daughter of Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven . With her he had two sons and four daughters:

• Hon. Charles Hope of Waughton (1768-1828), MP, British Army general;
• Hon. Sir Alexander Hope (1769-1837), MP, General in the British Army;
• Lady Charlotte Hope (1771–1834), ⚭ 1793 Rt. Hon. Charles Hope of Ganton, Lord President of the Court of Session;
• Lady Margaret Hope (1772-1831), ⚭ 1793 Alexander Maclean of Ardgour († 1855);
• Lady Mary Anne Hope (1773–1838), ⚭ 1794 Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre († 1837).

literature

• Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage and Baronetage . Volume 1, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., Crans 1999, p. 81.

Web links

• John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun on thepeerage.com
• Hopetoun, Earl of (S, 1703) at Cracroft's Peerage

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles Hope	Earl of Hopetoun 1742-1781	James Hope-Johnstone