Explore the About the subject of this artwork, Hugh Hope.
Hugh Hope was the second son of Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet Hope of Craighall and his second wife, Elizabeth Patoun, the daughter of John Patoun, Esq. of Inveresk.  Sir Archibald purchased the estate of Pinkie House in 1778 from the Marquis of Tweeddale and established it as the seat of Hope baronetcy from its historic location of Craighall in Fife.  In 1779 Hope's parents married after Sir Archibald's first wife died.  The couple had three sons and a daughter, including Hugh Hope born in on 12 October 1782.  The family also included two sons and four daughters from Sir Archibald's first marriage.After attending a foreign university, in 1803 Hugh Hope went to India as a civil servant with the East India Company.In 1819 Hugh Hope married Isabella Gray MacKay, the daughter of Æneas Mackay, Esq. of Scotston, Aberdeenshire.  The couple were parents of one daughter, Helen Hope, and one son, Archibald Hugh Hope, later a General in the Madras Cavalry.Hugh Hope died of a fever on 7 October 1822 in Mirzapur, India.  At the time of his death, he was the Collector of Government Customs at Mirzapur.
Inveresk Hope of Craighall Madras Cavalry India Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet East India Company Mirzapur Pinkie House Fife Aberdeenshire civil servant Craighall Marquis of Tweeddale