Guide to the Papers of John Hope Hopetoun, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (as filmed by the AJCP)
M936 - M937, M1154 - M1156, M1584
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Hope, John Adrian Louis, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Title
- Papers of John Hope Hopetoun, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1881 - 1904
- Collection Number
- M936 - M937, M1154 - M1156, M1584
- Extent
- 265 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence 1881-1904, dealing with various subjects such as: Federation; Victorian and federal politics; the South African War; programs for the Royal visit 1901; Imperial penny postage; official postings; honours; site of the Governor-General's house and his allowances; Hopetoun's appointments as Governor and Governor-General; and his resignation in 1902. Principal correspondents include Sir Edmund Barton, Thomas Bavin, Rear Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, Lord Carrington, Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Deakin, Sir John Forrest, Sir Samuel Griffith, General Sir Edward Hutton, Sir Francis Knollys, Lord Knutsford, Sir Henry Loch, James Patterson, Lord Ripon, Sir William Robinson, Lord Rosebery, Lord Salisbury, William Shields, William Syme, Lord Tennyson, Sir George Verdon, Capt. E.W. Wallington and Sir Hartley Williams.
Miscellaneous items including: a portrait of Sir Henry Parkes; the commission and letters patent appointing Hopetoun Governor of Victoria; printed speeches; a copy of Sir Henry Parkes' Federation Scheme; the program of Hopetoun's farewell banquet in London in 1900; addresses of welcome 1900-01; items relating to the celebration of Federation January 1901; and a copy of The Landing of Lieutenant James Cook, RN, at Botany Bay (1901).
Correspondence of Hopetoun's private secretary and accountant in Australia, David W. Brown, containing in-letters 1900-02, copies of out-letters 1902, and accounts and receipts 1902.
Correspondence 1853-1901 including letters of congratulation on appointment as Governor of Victoria and letters concerning Capt. Herbert Waterlow. Correspondents include J.F. McCarron, Lord Kintore, Lord Knutsford and the Prince of Wales.
Accounts 1889-94 of Government House, Melbourne.
Accounts, cheque book stubs and other financial papers 1901-02.
Album of cuttings and sketches 1887-91.
Sketchbook, including watercolours, 1900-02.
Newspaper cuttings 1901-02.
Album of photographs of Victoria in the 1890s.
Album of photographs of Melbourne waterworks and reservoirs 1895.
Scrapbook 1901 containing cuttings, programs, menus and other items relating to the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Filmed at the private residence Hopetoun House, Scotland, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1973, 1980, 1983 (AJCP Reels: M936-937, M1154-56, M1584). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originally filmed at Hopetoun House, Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7864870] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Advisory Note
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Subjects
Australia: Federation; Australia: politics and government; Barton, Sir Edmund; Bavin, Sir Thomas; Beaumont, Sir Lewis; Boer War, South Africa (1899–1902); Botany Bay, New South Wales; Brown, David W.; Chamberlain, Joseph; Cook, James, Capt.; Deakin, Alfred; Edward VII, King of England; Forrest, Sir John, 1st Baron; Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert A.T., 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; Govenors and Governors General: Victoria; Government House, Melbourne; Governors and Governors General: Australia; Griffith, Sir Samuel W.; Holland, Sir Henry T., 1st Viscount Knutsford; Honours; Hope, John, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow; Hutton, Sir Edward, Gen.; Keith-Falconer, Sir Algernon, 10th Earl of Kintore; Knollys, Sir Francis, 1st Viscount; Loch, Sir Henry B., 1st Baron; London, England; McCarron, J.F.; Melbourne, Victoria; Paintings, drawings, and prints: Victoria; Parkes, Sir Henry; Patterson, James; Photographs; Photographs: Melbourne, Victoria; Postal services; Primrose, Sir Archibald P., 5th Earl of Rosebery; Robinson, Sir George F., 1st Marquess of Ripon; Robinson, Sir William C.F.; Shields, William; Syme, William; Tennyson, Hallam, 2nd Baron; Verdon, Sir George; Victoria; Victoria: politics and government; Wallington, E.W., Capt.; Water resources; Waterlow, Herbert, Capt.; Williams, Sir Hartley; Wynn-Carrington Family; Wynn-Carrington, Charles R.W., 1st Earl Carrington
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 234, pp87-88.
Biographical / Historical
John Adrian Louis Hope (1860-1908), 7th Earl of Hopetoun (succeeded 1873), 1st Marquess of Linlithgow (created 1902), was born at Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but did not enter the Army. In 1883 he was appointed Conservative whip in the House of Lords and in 1885 was made a lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. In 1886 he married Hersey Moleyns, the daughter of Lord Ventry.
In 1889 Lord Knutsford, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, appointed Hopetoun as Governor of Victoria and he held the post until March 1895. Although it was a time of economic depression, he entertained extravagantly, but his youthful enthusiasm and fondness for horseback tours of country districts won him considerable popularity. His term coincided with the first federation conferences and he supported the federation movement strongly.
In 1895-98 Hopetoun was paymaster-general in the government of Lord Salisbury. In 1898 Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, offered him the post of Governor-General of Canada, but he declined. He was appointed Lord Chamberlain in 1898 and had a close association with members of the Royal Family.
In July 1900 Hopetoun was appointed the first Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. He arrived in Sydney on 15 December 1900 and his first task was to appoint the head of the new Commonwealth ministry. He invited William Lyne, the Premier of New South Wales, but Lyne had been lukewarm about federation and was not supported by the leading federationists. Hopetoun then approached Edmund Barton who accepted the offer. On 1 January 1901 Hopetoun took the oaths of allegiance and then swore in Barton and the other ministers.Hopetoun was a central figure in the federation celebrations in January 1901 and at the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament in May 1901. He was an effective manager of the three month tour of the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V). There were, however, inevitable strains in federal-state relations and he was not popular with some of the governors. He found the office a drain on his private income and he was humiliated in May 1902 when Parliament rejected Barton's proposal that he receive an additional allowance of £8000. Hopetoun asked Chamberlain to recall him and he left Australia in July 1902. On his return to England he was made Marquess of Linlithgow.
Linlithgow was briefly Secretary of Scotland in 1905, but his health was declining and he died three years later. His eldest son, who succeeded to the title, was Viceroy of India in 1936-43.
Item Descriptions
Series. Papers and correspondence, 1881 - 1904
175 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M936.
Victoria. Correspondence between His Excellency the Governor and the late Ministry relative to a proposed dissolution of Parliament (printed, 3pp.), July 1881 (File)
Sir Henry Loch (Adelaide) to Hopetoun, 10 November 1889 (File)
Wishes Hopetoun well in his new appointment; suggests a conference of Australian colonies and Canada on matters of common interest
Lord Knutsford (London) to Hopetoun, 26 August 1889 (File)
Sends Queen's Commission appointing [Hopetoun] Governor and Commander in Chief on the colony
Commission passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet appointing Hopetoun to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Victoria and its dependencies (printed), 1889 (File)
Letters patent passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria (printed), 1889 (File)
Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria (printed), 1889 (File)
Sir Henry Loch (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 25 October 1889 (File)
Preparations for [Hopetoun's] arrival.
Lord Carnarvon (Porto Fino) to Hopetoun, 24 March 1890 (File)
Hopetoun's fine reputation in Australia.
Sir Henry Loch (Cape Town) to Hopetoun, 6 April 1900 (File)
Valuation of property being transferred.
Sir Henry Loch (Cape Town) to Hopetoun, 6 June 1890 (File)
A sum of money; refers to Sir Henry Parkes.
Sir B. Fowler (London) to Hopetoun, 13 June 1890 (File)
Information about Capt. Herbert Waterlow and his departure from England.
Sir Dighton Probyn (London) to Lord de Vesci, 26 July 1890 (File)
Has shown his letter to the Prince of Wales who advises him to find out if Capt. Herbert Waterlow is married to the lady he represents as his wife.
Claim of Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Scott C.B., Commander-in-Chief of her majesty's ships and vessels on the Australian Station to the title of 'His Excellency' in official correspondence with the Governor and with the Ministry of New South Wales. (8pp) (File)
Lord de Vesci (Abbey Leix, Ireland) to A. Hood, 8 August 1890 (File)
Does not know how to act over Capt. Waterlow and the lady who have 'fluttered the dovecote at Melbourne'.
Lord Carrington (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 26 September 1890 (File)
Date of his departure; maritime strike.
A Hood (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 19 September 1890 (File)
Has seen Herbert Waterlow; thinks that his wife is still living.
Sir Henry Parkes (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 13 February 1892 (File)
The political relationship between the Crown and the advisers within a colony.
Sir Harley Williamson to Hopetoun, 20 January 1893 (File)
Thanks for information on acting Governorship, which he cannot take up.
Lord Salisbury (London) to Hopetoun, 21 February 1893 (File)
Hopetoun's return from Australia; the political situation.
James Patterson (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 2 June 1893 (File)
Sends a minute from Sir Bryan O'Loughlen on the subject of law and foreign vessels and the 1870 Imperial Extradition Act.
Lord Ripon (London) to Hopetoun, 24 January 1893 (File)
Ripon's appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Major-General Alexander Tulloch. Memorandum on scheme of defence, Melbourne (printed, 4pp.), 9 February 1894 (File)
Sir William Robinson (Rottnest Island) to Lord Ripon, 26 February 1894 (File)
The Governor's deputy.
Sir William Robinson (Rottnest Island) to Lord Ripon (copy), 28 February 1894 (File)
The Governor's deputy; the Great Seal.
Sir William Robinson (Perth) to Hopetoun, 12 February 1894 (File)
Sends a copy of a letter from Lord Ripon about a deputy.
Report together with appendices of the Federal Military Conference assembled at Sydney, New South Wales, to consider a general scheme of military defence applicable to the Australian colonies and Tasmania (16pp.), October 1894 (File)
Joseph Chamberlain (Birmingham) to Hopetoun, 12 July 1895 (File)
Wishes to talk to Hopetoun about Australia.
Joseph Chamberlain (Birmingham) to Lord Hopetoun, 12 March 1900 (File)
Understands Hopetoun's position.
P.S. Lany (Bisley Camp, Surrey) to Hopetoun, 18 July 1900 (File)
Appointment of his son Patrick Luny as lieutenant surgeon in Rhodesia with the Australian Imperial Regiment.
Mrs Cockburn-Niesser (Jersey) to Hopetoun, 18 July 1900 (File)
Seeks a cadetship in the Royal Navy for her son.
Sir Schomberg McDonnell (Johannesburg) to Hopetoun, 28 September 1900 (File)
Congratulations on his appointment; memories of the Australians in the Boer War.
Souvenir of the farewell banquet for the Right Honourable the Earl of Hopetoun…, edited by Charles Routledge (42pp.), 1900 (File)
W.H.L. Impey (Agra) to Hopetoun, 19 December 1900 (File)
Illnesses of Hopetoun and Lady Hopetoun in India; sending an ecca (ekka?); costs of transport to Australia.
Joseph Chamberlain (London) to Hopetoun, 23 January 1901 (File)
Hopetoun's ill health; death of Queen Victoria.
Hymns 'to the memory of our late beloved Queen Victoria' sung at churches in Ballarat, January 1901 - February 1901 (File)
Hopetoun (Sydney) to Lord Tennyson (copy), 24 February 1901 (File)
A document which has displeased Tennyson.
John See (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 20 April 1901 (File)
Requests that he attend opening of the Young People's Industrial Exhibition and laying of the foundation stone of the North Sydney Hospital.
Commonwealth of Australia. Opening of the first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901 (File)
New South Wales Military and Naval Forces. Program of Royal Review, Centennial Park, Sydney, 28 May, 1901 (File)
Program of Citizens State Concert for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 31 May, 1901 (File)
Joseph Chamberlain (London) to Hopetoun, 19 July 1901 (File)
Congratulations on his arrangements for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.
Sir Francis Knollys (London) to Hopetoun, 14 August 1901 (File)
King thanks him for his letters and his account of the Royal visit.
Admiral Arthur Moore (Simons Bay, South Africa) to Hopetoun, 3 October 1901 (File)
Process of rounding up in Transvaal and Orange Free State; situation in Cape Colony very bad.
Sir Lewis Beaumont (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 7 October 1901 (File)
'Island matters'; complaint of missionary bodies against Admiral Rich.
Sir Lewis Beaumont (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 12 October 1901 (File)
Flag for the Governor-General of Australia; program of his summer cruise.
Sir Lewis Beaumont to Hopetoun, 18 October 1901 (File)
Governor-General's flag; Admiralty policy on foreign use of British ports; Tariff Act.
Sir Lewis Beaumont to Hopetoun, 28 October 1901 (File)
Will be glad to meet Edmund Barton and Sir John Forrest in Melbourne.
Edmund Barton to Hopetoun, 12 November 1901 (File)
Immigration Bill; Pacific Islanders and other matters.
Sir Lewis Beaumont (Sydney) to Hopetoun, 2 December 1901 (File)
Appointment of General Hutton; encloses program of summer cruise.
Sir Samuel Griffith (Brisbane) to Alfred Deakin (copy), 4 December 1901 (File)
His position with regard to British New Guinea.
Sir Samuel Griffith (Brisbane) to Hopetoun, 11 December 1901 (File)
Position of Queensland Governor in relation to Secretary of State and British New Guinea.
Edmund Barton to Hopetoun, 11 December 1901 (File)
Immigration Restriction Bill; Pacific Islanders Bill.
Lord Minto (Ottawa) to Hopetoun, 15 December 1901 (File)
Appointment of Sir Edward Hutton to Australia as G.O.C.
Sir George Clarke (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 17 December 1901 (File)
Thanks for his kindness; honours.
Sir Samuel Griffith (Brisbane) to Hopetoun, 26 December 1901 (File)
His position and British New Guinea.
Joseph Chamberlain (London) to Hopetoun, 15 January 1902 (File)
Appreciation of Edmund Barton and George Reid; his concern over immigration and imperial relations.
Sir Samuel Griffith (Brisbane) to Hopetoun, 25 January 1902 (File)
Provisional appointment of Dr Molyns as acting Resident Magistrate in British New Guinea.
George Le Hunte (Port Moresby) to Hopetoun, 31 January 1902 (File)
A successor for Sir Francis Winter.
Thomas Bavin to Capt. E.W. Wallington, 7 February 1902 (File)
Sends a copy of Alfred Deakin's opinion on the Queensland-Japan agreement.
Edmund Barton to Hopetoun, 10 February 1902 (File)
Capt. Wallington, New Guinea and the Governor of Queensland.
Hans Irvine (Great Western, Victoria) to Hopetoun, 10 February 1902 (File)
Hopes he will visit him when he comes to Ararat; work at the winery.
Edmund Barton to Hopetoun, 14 February 1902 (File)
Governorship of British New Guinea through Queensland.
Sir Samuel Griffith (Brisbane) to Hopetoun, 17 February 1902 (File)
No news of Sir Herbert Chermside's arrival in Brisbane.
Edmund Barton to Lord Hopetoun, 18 February 1902 (File)
The Anglo-Japanese treaty, horses for the forces, precedence, New Guinea.
Lord Tennyson (Adelaide) to Hopetoun, 28 February 1902 (File)
Suggests Hopetoun hold a Durbar on Coronation Day.
Joseph Chamberlain to Hopetoun (cable), 15 March 1902 (File)
Hopetoun's position as King's representative in Australia.
Sir Edward Hutton to Hopetoun, 8 April 1902 (File)
Printed minute on Military Forces in the Commonwealth.
Sir John Forrest to Hopetoun, 10 April 1902 (File)
Sends his paper on naval defence with a printed enclosure.
Edmund Barton (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 10 April 1902 (File)
Sir Samuel Griffith; the Coronation and other matters.
Lord Tennyson (Adelaide) to Hopetoun, 12 April 1902 (File)
His visit; inquires what should be done about the Coronation.
Sir Edward Hutton (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 26 April 1902 (File)
Copy of a minute to Sir John Forrest on military salaries and a newspaper cutting on the Governor-General's salary.
Warren Dawson (Melbourne) to Brown, 1 May 1902 (File)
Costs of lighting and fuel for Government House.
Hartley Williams (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 21 June 1902 (File)
Regrets that he is leaving, but his health will benefit from it.
Lord Tennyson (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 12 July 1902 (File)
'feels like a piece of electroplate after the real silver'.
Capt. Edward Wallington to Hopetoun, 22 July 1902 (File)
News since Hopetoun's departure; the political scene.
Alfred Deakin to Hopetoun, 29 July 1902 (File)
Lord Tennyson; Edmund Barton; cost of Governor-General's establishment; James Drake and other news.
Capt. A.R. Harman (Brisbane) to E.W. Wallington, 31 July 1902 (File)
Trouble over James Drake and the reception.
Sir Edmund Barton (Melbourne) to Hopetoun, 1 August 1902 (File)
Defence Bill; expenses of public servants.
Capt. Edward Wallington to Hopetoun, 27 August 1902 (File)
Sends a newspaper cutting on the decision by the House of Representatives that government houses in Sydney and Melbourne be retained during the term of the next Governor-General.
George, Prince of Wales (Abergeldie Castle) to Hopetoun, 29 August 1902 (File)
Congratulations on his new title; regrets he had to leave Australia.
King Edward VII (Stornaway) to Hopetoun, 2 September 1902 (File)
Regrets that he had to relinquish his post in Australia: Hopetoun's new title; splendid physique of the Australians in the contingent he inspected.
Capt. Edward Wallington to Hopetoun, 8 September 1902 (File)
Government House in Sydney to be taken over by the Commonwealth during the term of the next Governor-General.
Series. Addresses of welcome, 1900 - 1901
38 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M936.
Series. Celebrations of Federation, 1901
23 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M936.
Invitation to the inaugural celebrations of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sydney, commencing on 1 January 1901. (File)
(Blank)
'A Song of the Commonwealth' words by P.E. Quinn, music by J.A. Delany (File)
Published at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.
A complete pictorial record of the Inauguration of the Commonwealth, published by Mark Blow, Sydney, January 1901 (File)
Commonwealth celebrations, 1901: Field State. Review of Imperial, Indian, Commonwealth, Colonial and other Military and Naval Forces by his Excellency the Governor-General at Centennial Park, 3 January 1901 (File)
The Landing of Lieutenant James Cook R.N. at Botany Bay, Sydney, Government Printer (32pp.), 1901 (File)
Series. Correspondence of the Private Secretary of Lord Hopetoun, 1900 - 1902
4 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M936-M937.
In-letters, 1900 - 1901 (File)
Miscellaneous letters from businesses, private organisations, government departments and individuals, including several relatives and friends of Hopetoun in Britain. They are addressed to Hopetoun, Captain Edward Wallington, David Brown and Major Claude Willoughby. They are arranged in a roughly alphabetical order.
Out-letters, January 1901 - June 1902 (File)
Typescript copies of letters written by the Private Secretary on behalf of Hopetoun. Many of them are initialled by David Brown. They are not arranged in any particular order.
Series. Financial records and correspondence, 1889 - 1902
5 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1154-M1155.
Vouchers of accounts and receipts, Government House, Melbourne and Government House, Sydney, 1902 (File Bundle 396)
Correspondence, 1891 - 1901 (File Bundle 554)
The letters include correspondence between Lord Hopetoun and members of the British Royal Family.
Correspondence, 1889 - 1890 (File Bundle 555)
Includes letters from Lord Knutsford (London), Walter Long (Trowbridge), Cecil Fane (St John's, Newfoundland), Graham Berry (London), T.H. Rust (Melbourne), W.F. Walker (Eastbourne) and Lord Kintore (Adelaide) about Hopetoun's appointment as Governor of Victoria.
There are also letters from Captain Acland Hood concerning Captain Herbert Waterlow and his relationship with the singer Marian Burton, and items relating to financial and staff appointments within Victoria.
Series. Cutting Books, sketchbooks and financial records, 1889 - 1902
19 itemsFinding Aid Note
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1155-M1156 and M1584.
Sketchbook, 1889 - 1891 (File Volume 14)
Inscribed 'Hersey Hopetoun, 26 April 1889', containing sketches, profiles and verse
Sketchbook, 1900 - 1902 (File Volume 15)
Includes watercolours and pencil sketches drawn during the voyage to Australia in 1900 and while touring Australia in 1901-2.
Album of photographs of Victoria in the 1890s (File)
The photographs are mostly of buildings and street scenes in Melbourne and rural scenes.