Background
Hope was born in Linlithgow, Scotland in 1817 to General John Hope and his wife Louisa Dorothea (née Wedderburn).
Hope was born in Linlithgow, Scotland in 1817 to General John Hope and his wife Louisa Dorothea (née Wedderburn).
After finishing his education he joined the Coldstream Guards, rising to the rank of Captain. 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.
The next year, along with Robert Ramsay, he took up Kilcoy Station, eventually becoming its sole owner in 1863.
Hope was also involved in Sugar mills, opening a mill at Ormiston. Hope was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on the 24 April 1862.
He served for twenty years until he resigned on 1 November 1882 to return to England. His Ormiston House Estate and its Street Andrew"s Church are both heritage-listed.
The grounds of Ormiston House have a cairn commemorating Louis Hope"s contribution to the sugar industry.
