SLAVE ABOLITIONIST PARLIAMENT HOPE DIAMOND CASTLE MP FREE FRANK COVER SIGNED '33

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HERE’S AN
1833
BRITISH MP FREE FRANK FRONT PANEL FROM LONDON, ENGLAND, SIGNED BY
HENRY THOMAS HOPE
(1808 - 1862)
SLAVERY ABOLITIONIST TORY PARTY MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS REPRESENTING EAST LOOE 1830-1832, and GLOUCESTER WILTSHIRE 1833-1841 and 1847-1852,
GROOM OF THE BEDCHAMBER
TO KINGS
GEORGE IV
AND
WILLIAM IV
BETWEEN MARCH AND NOVEMBER 1830,
OWNER OF
“HOPE CASTLE”
IN
CASTLEBLAYNEY
,
COUNTY MONAGHAN
,
IRELAND
- PURCHASED FROM
THE 12TH BARON BLAYNEY
~&~
INHERITED THEIR FATHER'S ART COLLECTIONS, WEALTH AND PROPERTY ALONG WITH THOSE OF THEIR UNCLE
HENRY PHILIP HOPE
(DIED 1839), WHO GAVE HIM THE HOPE DIAMOND AS PART OF HIS INHERITANCE
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In 1833, the first meeting of the
House of Commons
met following the 1832
Great Reform Act
and the
subsequent general election
that produced a landslide majority for the ruling
Whig Government
. Also known as
The First Reformed Parliament
. Britain ultimately passed the Slavery Abolition Act on Aug. 1, 1834.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF HENRY T. HOPE
Henry Thomas Hope
, the eldest of the three sons of the
Thomas Hope
(1769–1831) and his wife Louisa de la Poer Beresford, was born on 30th April 1808. Educated at
Trinity College
,
Cambridge
, he became a director of the London and Westminster Joint Stock Bank and was a magistrate for Surrey and Gloucestershire.
Hope was elected as
Tory
M.P. for East Looe in 1830. He opposed
parliamentary reform
and
factory legislation
. He argued in the
House of Commons
on 16th March, 1832: "It is obvious, that if you limit the hours of labour, you will, to nearly the same extent, reduce the profits of the capital on which the labour is employed. Under these circumstances, the manufacturers must either raise the price of the manufactured article or diminish the wages of their workmen. If they raise the price of the article the foreigner gains an advantage. I am informed that the foreign cotton-manufacturers, and particularly the Americans, tread closely upon the heels of our manufacturers."
Hope was defeated in the
1832 General Election
. He returned to the
House of Commons
in 1833 when he was elected as the M.P. for
Gloucester
and held the seat until 1841. He also served between 1847 and 1852.
Henry Thomas Hope died on 4th December, 1862.
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Henry Thomas Hope
(30 April 1808 – 4 December 1862) was a British MP and patron of the arts.
Biography
Henry Thomas Hope was born in London on 30 April 1808, the eldest of the three sons of the connoisseur
Thomas Hope
(1769–1831) and his wife Louisa de la Poer Beresford (daughter of
William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies
, younger son of
George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford
). However, he was estranged from his brothers (including
Alexander James Beresford Hope
) when he inherited their father's art collections, wealth and property along with those of their uncle
Henry Philip Hope
(died 1839). Part of Hope's inheritance from his uncle included the
Hope Diamond
.
He entered a political career after studying at
Eton College
and
Trinity College, Cambridge
(1825–29). He was briefly a
Groom of the Bedchamber
to Kings
George IV
and
William IV
between March and November 1830.
He also founded the Art Union of London and the
Royal Botanic Society
, as well as serving as vice-president of the
Society of Arts
and president of the
Surrey Archaeological Society
. Displaying his old masters collection to the public at his London house on
Duchess Street
, a mansion at 116 Piccadilly and at
Deepdene House
in Surrey. He was also a patron to idealists such as
Young England
and the Spanish
Carlists
and helped organise the 1851
Great Exhibition
. From 1851 to 1858 he chaired the Eastern Steam Navigation Company for
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
, with Henry having been the
Great Eastern
'
s chief fundraiser.
In 1853, he purchased
Blayney Castle
in
Castleblayney
,
County Monaghan
,
Ireland
, from
The 12th Baron Blayney
. He renamed the
country house
as
Hope Castle
.
Death
Hope died on 4 December 1862 at 116 Piccadilly, London.
Personal life
In 1851 Hope married Anne Adele Bichat, having already had a daughter named Henrietta Adela with her in 1843. The marriage legitimised Henrietta, who in 1861 married
Lord Lincoln
(later sixth
Duke of Newcastle
). After her first husband's death, Henrietta married Thomas Theobald Hohler.
Constituencies
East Looe
, 1829–32
Gloucester
, stood unsuccessfully in December 1832
Marylebone
, stood unsuccessfully in March 1833
Gloucester, 1833–52
References
Robert J. Girod (2008).
Infamous Murders and Mysteries: Cold Case Files and Who-Done-Its
. iUniverse. p. 152.
ISBN
9780595503995
.
"Hope, Henry Thomas (HP825HT)"
. A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Edward Walford (1869).
The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland
. United Kingdom: R. Hardwicke. p. 717
.
J. Robert Maguire (24 January 2013).
Ceremonies of Bravery: Oscar Wilde, Carlos Blacker, and the Dreyfus Affair
. OUP Oxford. p. 12.
ISBN
9780199660827
.
External links
Hansard
1803–2005:
contributions in Parliament by Henry Thomas Hope
"Hope, Henry Thomas".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Buller-Elphinstone
William Lascelles
Member of Parliament
for
East Looe
1829–
1832
With:
William Lascelles
to 1830
Thomas Arthur Kemmis
from 1830
constituency abolished
Preceded by
Maurice Berkeley
John Phillpotts
Member of Parliament
for
Gloucester
1833–
1841
With:
John Phillpotts
to 1835
Maurice Berkeley
1835–37
John Phillpotts
from 1837
Succeeded by
John Phillpotts
Maurice Berkeley
Preceded by
John Phillpotts
Maurice Berkeley
Member of Parliament
for
Gloucester
1847
–
1852
With:
Maurice Berkeley
Succeeded by
Maurice Berkeley
William Philip Price
Categories
:
Hope family
English art collectors
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
People educated at Eton College
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
UK MPs 1826–1841
Politicians from London
Members of Parliament for Gloucester
UK MPs 1847–1852
People from Castleblayney
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