Hersey Alice Hope, Marchioness of Linlithgow (née Mullins, later Eveleigh-de Moleyns; 31 March 1867 – 3 April 1937)[1] was a British aristocrat, who was the wife of John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, who, as the 7th Earl of Hopetoun, was the first Governor-General of Australia 1901 – 1903.

[2] She grew up at Burnham House, County Kerry (now an Irish-speaking girls' secondary school known as Coláiste Ide) as well as at Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London.

[4] In 1902 a steam launch was named after her, the Lady Hopetoun; it is still operational, as part of the Sydney Heritage Fleet.

She was a keen angler, an expert horsewoman (once breaking her nose in a riding accident),[6] and an enthusiastic hunter.

She was also a crack shot, even though shooting was then considered an unusual activity for a woman, and disapproved of by Queen Victoria.

[8] The festivities for the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 included a song "Welcome to the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun", with words by Joan Torrance and music by W. R. Furlong, which was dedicated to her husband.

Their elder son, Victor, succeeded his father as the 2nd Marquess, and later became the Viceroy of India 1936-43, after having declined the governorship of Madras and the governor-generalship of Australia.