Charles Hope (British Army officer)

They were the one who created the magnificent estate called Soressex, and in 1837, when Elisabeth Hope became the owner, there were only meadows, vines and a forest of chestnut trees.

[5] Elisabeth Hope would go on to marry her coachman Louis Billard, who was said to have saved her as a young woman in the face of a packed horse.

Laura in turn fell in love and married Jules de Szilassy, an aristocrat of Hungarian origin who had come to Switzerland to have his eyes treated.

Jules de Szilassy was particularly generous with the commune of Bex, creating a foundation for the benefit of the poor.

They have 8 children, their eldest son born in 1870 was named Baron Julius Hope von Szilassy.