 When his brother, Adrian Elias Hope, died in 1834 with no wife or children, he inherited £500,000 (or £ in 2020 currency).In his book on precious stones, the French mineralogist René Just Haüy cites Henry Philip Hope as one of the most distinguished patrons of the arts of his time.When he died in 1839, his collection was viewed as "...one of most perfect collections of diamonds and precious stones that has, perhaps, ever been possessed by a private individual..."