John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
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7 September 1704
The Earl of Hopetoun | |
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_Allan_Ramsay.png) Portrait of Lord Hopetoun, by Allan Ramsay | |
| Born | John Hope 7 September 1704 |
| Died | 12 February 1781 (aged 76) |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Anne Ogilvy
(m. 1733; died 1759)Jane Oliphant
(m. 1762; died 1767)Lady Elizabeth Leslie
(m. 1767; died 1781) |
| Children | 13 |
| Parent(s) | Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun Lady Henrietta Johnstone |
| Relatives | William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (grandfather) |
John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 September 1704 – 12 February 1781) was a Scottish aristocrat.
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]
