Louis Hope
Louis Hope | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 24 April 1862 – 1 November 1882 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Hope 19 October 1817 Linlithgow, Scotland |
| Died | 15 August 1894 (aged 76) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Scottish Australian |
| Spouse | Susan Frances Sophia Dumaresq (m.1859 d.1901) |
| Relations | John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (father), William Dumaresq (father-in-law) |
| Occupation | Pastoralist |
Louis Hope (19 October 1817 – 15 August 1894) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]
Early years
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Hope was born in Linlithgow, Scotland in 1817 to General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, and his wife Louisa Dorothea (née Wedderburn). After finishing his education he joined the Coldstream Guards, rising to the rank of Captain.[2][3]
In 1843 he arrived in New South Wales. Hope moved to Moreton Bay in 1848 and purchased land at Ormiston in 1853 where he established his Ormiston House Estate. In 1854 he purchased land which eventually equaled 364 housing lots at Norman Park. That same year, along with Robert Ramsay, he took up Kilcoy Station, eventually becoming its sole owner in 1863.
Hope applied Melenesian labour to his twenty acres of sugar cane at Ormiston, and later on his farm near the Coomera River, which labourers had been recruited through the practice known as Blackbirding.[4][page needed] Hope was also involved in Sugar mills, opening a mill at Ormiston.[1]
Politics
[edit]Hope was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 24 April 1862. He served for twenty years until he resigned on 1 November 1882 to return to Scotland.[1]
Personal life
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Hope married Susan Frances Sophia Dumaresq, daughter of William Dumeresq, in Sydney in 1859 and together they had 8 children. He returned to England to live in Hazlewood, Derbyshire and died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1894.[1]
Legacy
[edit]His Ormiston House Estate and its St Andrew's Church are both heritage-listed.[5][6] The grounds of Ormiston House have a cairn commemorating Louis Hope's contribution to the sugar industry.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Historic Ormiston House". Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Morrison, A. A., "Louis Hope (1817–1894)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 16 June 2024
- ^ E. V. Stevens (23 March 1950). "A brief history of the South Sea Islands Labour Traffic and the vessels engaged in it. (Paper read at the meeting of the Historical Society of Queensland, Inc.)" (PDF). The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Ormiston House Estate (entry 600775)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "St Andrews Church (entry 600774)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Louis Hope". Monument Australia. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
