 Though the college was renamed and moved to a new campus, the area where it was originally located is still called "Hope College".Hope's tenure came to an end on 26 February 1946.Papers preserved at The National Archives indicate Lord Wavell (by then Viceroy) and the British government feared scandal after it became known to officials that Hope was receiving loans from wealthy Indians to pay off large debts incurred by Hope "speculating on the racecourse" before his appointment.