The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-05
Hope Family Prominent in
England and Holders of
Many Offices.
ny IA MARaUIsE DE roNrENoy.

Bh Ia MARQtISE ID; FONTENON.
II WINS are lucky. IL Is said The
house OF Hope. which has so
many American affiliations. is
20 be congratulated. for the Msr
chioness Of LlnlithEow. the wife
of the head OF tn. family. nas ust
presented her husband with two boys
r Mee eSS,0raims to the latest bulletins
happy father. to give him III hone
II; OF his fun name and titles. is "Vic-
tc!' Alexander John Hope. MARQUIS Of
L.nlitheow in the County o: Linli,h-
gov or West Lothian. Earl .; Hope
toun. VIscount Aithrie. and Baron
HOPE, Of the county OF I.anark. in
Scotland: Baron Hopetoun. Of Hope
toun, and Baron Niddry. of Niddry
Castle. County Linlitksow. In the
United Kingdom.
He is In his twenty Afth year AMI
succeeded his father. as second Mar
outs. IN 1905 4 year ago, that Is to
say, In March, 1871. he married Doreen
Maud, daughter Of the Right Hon. SIR
Frederick George Aijln.r. Bart
Twin first-bcrn sons 10 peer are
rare. tho most nouab le instance that
occurs to me at the moment being
that OF Lord Durham and NJ Fred
eriek Lambton, his brother. since tho
so-cailed International marriages have
become so numerous. however. there
nave been several twins born 10 nj am
bers OF the aristocracy. 1t viii be
remembered that Lady PaGet. daughter
OF Mrs. Paran stevenson. of New York
presented her husband. Gen. Sir Arthur
PaEet, with a brace OF twins in 1853.
The Duchess Of Manchester. ComsucIo,
daughter of Mrs. YznaSa, Of New York
had twin daughters, who grew up to
he beautiful girls only to die OF con-
sumption at eighteen. Lag Grey Eyer
ton, daughter OF the late Mnj. j. Wayne
Euyler. l.. s. A. alE< had Irvine. and
afterwards obtained a divorce from her
husband. could mention other cases
p..,ved prolific. ] should not wondsr
II the progeny Of Lord and Lady Lin
lithgow. which has begun SO auspicl-
ously with boy twins. becomes quite
numerous In due course of time. The
Hop. family is already immense
one in point Of numbers, and has al
ways been famed in England for APP
propriatng very large share OF the
shape OF good, fat Offices The pop
ular point of view was inadvertently
expressed by rather maladroit clergy
man In the parish church near Hone
toun House, in Scotland.
II was on the occasion of the COM
ing Of age of the late marquis The
bulk Of the congregation was composed
OF members OF the HOPE family. and
they had be IN led to believe that the
minister would preach u sermon ap-
proprlate to the occasion. All were on
word he uttered. Bat they were as
bounded when the discourse began with
the words, uttered In impross!vo tone s
Brethren. the world is fun of blasted
hopes." notwithstanding the sacred
ness Of the ediGce in which they WERE
assembled. a litter broke OUT. which
swoEed Into roar OF laughter, much
10 the dismav of the good dominic.
who was utterly innocent OF the double
meaning that could be attributed TO
his words.
hava saii 90 much about the Hope
family In these letters that do not
think It Is nccevEary Ior me TO re-
capitulate her the history of the Fam
ilv.
AZ to the twins. / suppose the usual
precautions havc baen taken TO dis
tinpyuish tho first born. who Is destined
to succeed TO the nobillary honors and
estates. from the ether. VINO g'ili have
10 be contented with the meagre por-
ton of a younger son. Probably the
',lder will be ornamented with string
OF coral beads. as a tag or badge. while
tho tothcr VIII wear turquoise one,
or some other such precautionary ar
ransemant so that the nurses may not
make the mistake celebrated in the
"Pinafore" operatta. and mix the
babies up
Speaking Of the Hopes reminds me
that the diamond Of that name. which
Is no longer in tn. family. does aot
deserve and never should have had
the reputation OF being "hoodoo."
which some of the uninformsd unac-
countahly ascrihed to IT,. SO far from
this being the case. tho owners ana