Earl Stanhope
Earl Stanhope (
Subsequent history
The first Earl's grandson, the third Earl, was a politician and scientist, known as "Citizen Stanhope" because of his sympathy for the
His son, the seventh Earl, was also a Conservative politician and notably served as
Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale, was a younger son of the fifth Earl.
Viscounts Stanhope, of Mahon (1717)
- James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope (1673–1721) (created Earl Stanhope in 1718)
Earls Stanhope (1718)
- James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673–1721)
- Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714–1786)
- Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (1746–1763)
- Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816)
- Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope(1781–1855)
- Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875)
- Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (1838–1905)
- James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880–1967)
Viscount Stanhope, of Mahon (1717; reverted)
Following the death of the 7th Earl Stanhope and the extinction of that earldom, the titles Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and Baron Stanhope of Elvaston passed by a special remainder to his distant relative, William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington.
- William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington, 8th Viscount Stanhope (1922–2009)
- Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington, 9th Viscount Stanhope (born 1945), son of the 11th Earl
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 1967).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. Augustus Stanhope (born 2005).
Male-line family tree
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Seats
Properties owned and occupied by the earls ('noble seats') included:
- Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire
- Chevening, Kent (in early years known as Chevening Place; bought by the first Earl in 1717 and left to public ministerial/recent Royal benefit by the last Earl tabling the Chevening Estate Bill 1959)
The traditional burial place of the Earls Stanhope was the Stanhope Chapel in the parish church of St Botolph, Chevening, Kent.
See also
- Baron Weardale
- Earl of Chesterfield
- Earl of Harrington
Notes
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (February 2013) |
- ^ Debrett's Correct Form, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1976, pg 408
- ^ Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Chevening', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 105-126. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol3/pp105-126
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 773–775.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]