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Hope family, Marquesses of Linlithgow

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Date: 1300-2000
History:

Sir James Hope (d. 1661) of Hopetoun (West Lothian), a younger son of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall (Fife), 1st baronet, married Anne, daughter and heiress of Robert Foulis of Leadhills (Lanarkshire). Their descendants acquired estates in West Lothian, Midlothian, East Lothian (Ormiston, Luffness etc.), Fife (Rankeillour, Rosyth etc.) and Dumfriesshire. Charles Hope (1681-1742) was created Earl of Hopetoun in 1703. Craighall (Fife) was purchased from Sir Thomas Bruce Hope of Craighall, 6th baronet, in 1729.

The Scottish estates of the Johnstone family, Marquesses of Annandale (see Hope-Johnston of Raehills), were inherited by the 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (1741-1816). On his death they passed to his daughter Anne, whilst the Hopetoun estates passed to his half-brother, Major-General John Hope (1765-1823), who succeeded as 4th Earl. Property in East Lothian (Luffness) and Fife (Rankeillour, Craighall) passed to other branches of the Hope family. The 7th Earl was created Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902.

Estates in 1883: 19,180 acres in Lanarkshire; 11,870 acres in West Lothian; 7,967 acres in East Lothian; 2,549 acres in Dumfriesshire and 941 acres in Fife, worth a total of £39,984 a year, exclusive of minerals worth £3,974 a year.

Places:
  • Airthrey, Stirlingshire
  • Bathgate, West Lothian
  • Castle Campbell, Clackmannanshire
  • Costertoun, Midlothian
  • Craighall, Fife
  • Hildestoun, Lanarkshire
  • Hopetoun, West Lothian
  • Humbie, West Lothian
  • Kensington, Middlesex
  • Kirkliston, West Lothian
  • Leadhills, Lanarkshire
  • Lubenham, Leicestershire
  • Luffness, East Lothian
  • Ormiston, East Lothian
  • Papillon Hall, Leicestershire
  • Priestinch, West Lothian
  • Rankeillour, Fife
  • Rosyth, Fife
  • Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
Sources of authority: Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Principal family and estate collections, 1996, p. 87.
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F85272 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F8335 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
14th cent-20th cent: Dumfriesshire (Wamphray, etc), East Lothian (Ormiston, etc), Fife (Rankeillour, Rosyth, etc), Lanarkshire (Leadhills), Midlothian (Costertoun, etc) and West Lothian (Bathgate, Hopetoun, Kirkliston, etc) writs, legal papers, rentals, accounts, estate, lead and coal mining corresp and papers and Hope family papers 14th-20th cent, with Airthrey (Stirlingshire) valuation and rentals 1654-72, Castle Campbell (Clackmannanshire) barony rental 1655 and accounts and papers rel to households at Lubenham and Papillon Hall (Leics) 1850-72, etc
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 17684 Hope

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53a]
2
16th cent-20th cent: East Lothian (Ormiston, etc), Midlothian (Costertoun, etc) and West Lothian (Hopetoun, etc) writs and estate papers 16th-20th cent, Dumfriesshire (Wamphray, etc) estate papers mainly 18th-19th cent, Lanarkshire (Leadhills, etc) writs, estate and lead mining papers 17th-20th cent and misc Hope family and legal papers 16th-20th cent, incl Kensington household inventory 1854
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 29885

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53b]
3
c1800-1815: Ormiston (East Lothian) factory accounts
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 13863 Campbell

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53d]
4
c1797-1816: Fife (Craighall and Rankeillour) estate accounts
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 13863 Campbell
5
17th cent-1816: East Lothian (Luffness) and Fife (Craighall, Rankeillour, etc) writs and estate papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10172 Hope
6
1646-1661: Leadhills (Lanarkshire) lead mining diary and letter books of Sir James Hope
St Andrews University Library
NRA 10987

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53e]
7
1671-1680: Leadhills (Lanarkshire) mining register
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53f]
8
18th cent-19th cent: Leadhills (Lanarkshire) barony accounts and Hope family papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 12630 Hope-Johnstone

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [54a]
9
c1835-1895: West Lothian (Hopetoun, etc) legal and estate papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 12273
10
c1835-1895: Hope family legal corresp and papers and West Lothian election papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 12273

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53c]
11
1769-1777: agency accounts of the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (1704-1781)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53g]
12
1759-1768: Hopetoun accounts
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
13
1936-1943: Indian corresp and papers of the 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887-1952)
British Library: Asian and African Studies
NRA 20532

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53h]