Helen Hope Montgomery (1904-1995)

Mrs "Hope" (Montgomery) Scott, Socialite & Leader of Philadelphia Society

She was best known as Hope Scott and Vanity Fair dubbed her the, "unofficial queen of Philadelphia's WASP oligarchy". The character Tracy Samantha Lord was modelled on her both in the movie "The Philadelphia Story" and the musical "High Society". As a debutante, she received four proposals all of which she turned down in favor of marrying Edgar Scott one year later when she was still just nineteen. 

Parents (2)

Robert Leaming Montgomery

Colonel Robert Leaming Montgomery, Founder of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

1879-1949

Charlotte Hope Binney Tyler

Mrs Charlotte (Tyler) Montgomery

1881-1970

Spouse (1)

Edgar Thomson Scott

Edgar Thomson Scott, of "Orchard Lodge" Ardrossan, Pennsylvania

1899-1995

Children (1)

Robert Montgomery Scott

President of the Academy of Music & the Philadelphia Museum of Art

1929-2005

Associated Houses (1)

Ardrossan Mansion

Villanova, Pennsylvania