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At Spes Infracta (Yet my hope is unbroken)
Clan Hope traces its documented line to John de Hope, said to have come to Scotland from France in 1537. His grandson, Sir Thomas Hope, became Lord Advocate under Charles I and bought Craighall in Fife, founding the Hopes of Craighall, the recognised chiefly line. A junior branch, the Hopes of Hopetoun, built Hopetoun House in West Lothian and was later raised to the Earldom of Hopetoun.
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The motto of Clan Hope is At Spes Infracta (Yet my hope is unbroken). It appears on the Clan Hope crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Hope productsJohn de Hope is said to have come to Scotland from France in Queen Magdalene's retinue[4]
Sir Thomas Hope is appointed king's advocate by Charles I[4]
Sir Thomas Hope is created a baronet of Nova Scotia[4]
Hopetoun House is built by the architect Sir William Bruce for Charles Hope[3]
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At Spes Infracta, Latin for 'Yet my hope is unbroken'.
Sir Alexander Hope of Craighall, Bt., per the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs; COSCA gives his full name as Sir Alexander Archibald Douglas Hope, 19th Baronet of Craighall.
Both descend from John de Hope. The Craighall line holds the chiefship: the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists Sir Alexander Hope of Craighall, Bt. The Hopetoun line is a junior branch, descended from Sir Thomas Hope's son Sir James, which built Hopetoun House, was created Earl of Hopetoun in 1703 and Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902.
In West Lothian; a Category A listed house built by Sir William Bruce in 1699-1704 and remodelled and extended by William Adam in 1721-48.
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