Elizabeth, Lady Hope
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This article is about the evangelist. For the actress married to Lord Francis Hope, see May Yohé.
Elizabeth Reid Cotton,[1] (9 December 1842 – 8 March 1922) who became Lady Hope when she married Sir James Hope in 1877, was a British evangelist active in the Temperance movement.
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Elizabeth Hope | |
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Born | Elizabeth Reid Cotton 9 December 1842 |
Died | 8 March 1922(1922-03-08) (aged 79) Sydney, Australia |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Lady Hope, Elizabeth Denny |
Occupation | Evangelist |
Known for | Temperance movement |
Spouse(s) | Admiral James Hope Thomas A. Denny |
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In 1915, she claimed to have visited the British naturalist Charles Darwin shortly before his death in 1882, during which interview Hope said Darwin spoke of second thoughts about publicising his theory of natural selection. That Hope visited Darwin cannot be excluded, though denied by Darwin's family, but her interpretation of what Darwin said at the putative interview is much less likely.[2]