Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
Thomas Hope (* 1769 in Amsterdam, † February 3, 1831 in London) was a Scottish writer and architect.
Life
Thomas Hope, the son of a merchant family, led the conversion of his townhouse in Duchess Street. The house was designed in 1768 by Robert Adam and was in the Mans Fell Street in Portland Place. It housed after conversion Hope's collection. She was one of the most extensive and important antique collections in London during the Regency. The house in Dutches Street was a precursor to the modern museum and influential for the further development of the decoration of the era. 1851, the house was canceled. The drawings in Hope's publication of 1807, in addition to a few photographs of the Flemish Picture Gallery, a later extension of the house, the only surviving evidence.
His country house Deepdeen located near Dorking in Surrey, was recognized better from demolition in 1967.
His son, Alexander James Beresford Hope was a politician and writer.