The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-01
HON.MARYBRUCETO.
WE'D MAJOR HOPE
Daughter Of Lord Balfour Of Bur-
leigh Will BE Wife Of Head
OF Hope Family.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST"

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Ugly Sir Thomas, With Lovely
Wife, Got Damages From Art
list Who Ridiculcd Him.
BY la oIARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY
ORD RALFoUR of Burleish, when
he passed through New York
u last week, on his way to the
West Indies, in his capacity as
chairman of the royal commission APP
pointed to consider the means of Inn
Islands. brought with him the news
of the engagement of his eldest dauEh-
ter. the Hon. Mary Bruce. to Major
John Augustus Hope. heir to his octo-
chief among which is Pinkie, grand
old place near Musselburgh, in Mid
lothian. The baronetcy is an ancient
one. having been bestowed in 162S
considerable portion of his life held
the Office of Lord Advocate of Scotland.
He had a large family of children. and
no less than three of his sons rose
to the bench, and on one memorable
occasion, he. in his capacity as the
chief law officer of the Scottish crown,
was called upon to plead before them.
1t Is to this episode that the Lord
Advocate of Scotland is entitled to this
day to plead covered in the Supreme
Court of .Iudicature, since II was held
indecorous that Sir Thomas. while
holding that office. should stand un-
covered before his three sons, even
though they were on. the supreme
bench. 1t is from this Sir Thomas
Hope that the Earls of Hopetoun and
the Marquesses OF Linlithgow are de-
seconded. In fact, old Sir Alexander
Hope, the present Master of Pinkfe, Is
the head of all the great Hope family.
which comprises among others Adrian
Elias Hope, who represents the Hopes
of Amsterdam.
Sir William Hope, the late baronet.
used to go by the name of The For"
lorn Hope" partly owing TO his mel
ancholy aspect, but more particularly
through his having won the Victoria
Cross in the Crimean War by acting as
leader of a "forlorn hope" Blasted"
is another qualifying adjective which
has been applied to the Hopes, this
being due to the fact that when the
age in 1881, an amusing break was
made by the divine who preached at
the religious services at the Hopetoun
Church. which formed part and parcel
was filled with members of the Hope
family. which is exceedingly prolific,
and without realizing the double
that would be placed upon his
words. he exclaimed during the course
of his sermon that the world is full
of blasted hopes" which naturally pro-
voked something more than litter
on the part of the congregation, quick
to see the humor of the remark. even
though 1t was made north of the
Tweed
The Hopes arc said to have original
ly come to Scotland from France in
the train of Queen Magdalehe, consort
of James ": and his son, Edward
Hope, the grandfather of Sir Thomas
was one of the leaders of the Scottish
Hopes younger brothers, James by
name, migrated from Edinburgh TO
Holland. became an intimate friend of
the then Prince of orange, his chateau
near HARLEM being at the time OF his
death famous throughout the length
and breadth OF Europe for its magni
iiccnt collection of paintings. This
branch of the Hopes remained in the
Netherlands until the Napoleonic wars,
when Thomas Hope came from AM
sterdam to England. established him
self there. acquired Deepdcnc, and
married the Hon. Louisa Beresford.
Youngest daughter of tho first Lord
Decles. Anglican Archbishop of Tuam.
Ihomas Hope was very homely where
rs his wife was famous for her love-
iness. a French artist named Dubost
painted their portraits on the chance
1f selling 1t to the originals but fail
nS TO do so. exhibited the painting
lnder the title of Beauty and The |
Beast for which display OF gallantrv |
he was muicted in heavy damages and |
;osts. after trial which developed |
INTO cause celebre.
Their son, young Thomas Hope, was
he father of the Dowager Duchess
# Newcastle, and 1t is from him that |
he present dukes younger brother
ma heirsinherited the great Hope for
.une' now sduandered, along with the |
amous Hope blue diamond, on the
condition that he substitute the name
II Hope for his patronymic of Pelham
linton. mat is why he is known to.
lay as Lord Francis Hope ire d;a
nond, after having brought misfor-
.une 10 most of its possessors, is now.
! Is alleged, at the bottom of the sea
=, II t ne straits t, Of Malacca, In the wreck
u inc French liner Seyne.