Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet

Sir Archibald Hope was born in 1735, the only surviving son of Archibald Hope and Catherine Todd, eldest daughter of Hugh Todd. Sir Archibald's father was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Hope, 8th Baronet. Sir Thomas was an early promoter of agriculture in Scotland. One of his more ambitious projects was the draining and cultivating of a marshy piece of land south of Edinburgh. In 1778 Sir Archibald purchased Pinkie House in Musselburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland from the Marquess of Tweeddale and established it as the seat of the Hopes of Craighall. The only public office Sir Archibald held was Secretary to the Board of Police, and upon the abolition of the office, received a life compensation in lieu of the office. In 1789, caricaturist John Kay entitled his likeness of Sir Archibald, Knight of the Turf, likely as a nod to his presidency of the Caledonian Hunt. He is buried in the Hope family plot at St. Michael's Churchyard, Inveresk, Scotland. ==Family==

Sir Archibald married twice, and had large families with both wives. In 1757 he married Elizabeth Macdowell (d. 1778), the daughter of William Macdowell of Castle Semple, Renfrewshire, and had the following children: • Archibald Hope, (1762 - 1782), died a prisoner of Hyder Ali's at Seringapatam • Sir Thomas Hope, 10th Baronet, (1768–1801), died without issue and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his half-brother, Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet • Isabella Hope, married Colonel William Cullen of Parkhead, d. 1842; she survived the sinking of the Winteron East Indiaman off the coast of Madagascar, 20 August 1792 • Catherine Hope, d. 1826 • Grahame Hope, after his first wife's death, Sir Archibald married Elizabeth Patoun (d. 1818), the daughter of John Patoun of Inveresk, and had the following children: • William Hope, (1784–1837), was a master-attendant at Calcutta • Magdalen Hope, married John Scott of Gala, d. 13 July 1873, her eldest child was Hugh Scott of Gala. ==References==