Thomas Hope (banker, born 1704)

Thomas Hope (1704, Rotterdam – 26 December 1779, Amsterdam) was a successful and gifted Dutch banker in the 18th century.

Adam Smith dedicated the fourth edition of his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) to Thomas Hope.

Archibald – along with sons John and Henry – played a principal part in stock trade in during (South Sea Bubble).

Younger sons Isaac and Zacharias remained in Rotterdam, where, as ship-owners, they organized the 1735 transatlantic crossing by the Swiss Mennonite emigrants to Pennsylvania.

In 1750/1751 he represented the stadtholder in the WIC until his appointment was reverted by the city council after the death of William IV of Orange when the orangists were defeated.

Thomas Hope came up with a system of cost calculation and prompted the reorganization of the China tea trade?

The Hope brothers' business affairs (like those of many others) flourished for many reasons, including the handling of loans to Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War.

In 1758, Thomas bought Mattheus Lestevenon's (then Dutch ambassador in France) attractive building at Keizersgracht 444-446.