Born in Edinburgh into the aristocracy as Hersey Alice Mullins. When she was seven, the family surname was legally changed to Eveleigh-de Moleyns by Royal Licence.Grew up in Ireland and Knightsbridge. IN 1886 married John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, who, as the 7th Earl of Hopetoun, was the first Governor-General of Australia 1901- 02. She was known as Lady Hopetoun.
She was President of the Ladies' Guild for Scotland in 1932.