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on 28 November. Lord Hopetoun was popular with Victorians, but Lady Hopetoun, then aged 22, had no experience of public life, was painfully shy, and was criticised for her reserved and haughty manner. She had been ill since the birth of her son and at the end of 1890 she returned to England for
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Lady Hopetoun's private character was less formal than her public one. She was a keen angler, an expert horsewoman (once breaking her nose in a riding accident), and an enthusiastic hunter. She was also a crack shot, even though shooting was then considered an unusual activity for a woman, and
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The Hopetouns left Australia in March 1895 when his term as Governor of Victoria ended. Another daughter, Lady Jacqueline Hope, was born on 16 June 1896, but she survived only five days. They returned in 1900 when Lord Hopetoun was appointed the first
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since the 17th century, and her father was Deputy Lieutenant there. She grew up at Burnham House, County Kerry (now an Irish-speaking girls' secondary school known as
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medical advice. She returned in May 1891, and soon became pregnant again. Their second son, Lord Charles (Melbourne) Hope, was born on 20 February 1892.
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The Marquess died suddenly in France in 1908. Their elder son, Victor, succeeded his father as the 2nd Marquess, and later became the
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as the 7th Earl. On 18 October 1886, at age 19, at All Saints' Church, Ennismore Gardens, she married the 7th Earl of Hopetoun.
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in Melbourne, the Countess of Hopetoun announced the names of the winners of a competition to design the
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The Dowager Marchioness of Linlithgow died on 3 April 1937, three days after turning 70.
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Lord Hopetoun resigned the governor-generalship in May 1902. They left Australia (from
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Lady Mary Dorothea Hope (1903–16 January 1995); 1936 married the
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and his family. In 1873 the 6th Earl died and was succeeded by his son
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Lord Charles Melbourne Hope (20 February 1892–11 June 1962)
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and was used until 1924. It was later wrecked in the vicinity of
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Lady Jacqueline Alice Hope (16 June 1896–21 June 1896)
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was named after her in 1890. It was incorporated into the
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Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
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Index

Hersey, Marchioness of Linlithgow
The Most Honourable

Viceregal consort of Australia
Victoria
Edward VII
Lord Hopetoun
Audrey, Lady Tennyson
Edinburgh
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry
née
wife
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
Governor-General of Australia
Edinburgh
Dayrolles Blakeney Mullins
Niddrie Marischal
Baron Ventry
County Kerry
Ireland
Ennismore Gardens
Knightsbridge
London
6th Earl of Hopetoun
John Adrian Louis Hope
Victor
Governor of Victoria
Melbourne

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