John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope
John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope (1545 – 9 March 1621) was an English courtier, politician and peer.
Life
He was the third son of
At court, Stanhope was a Gentleman of the Queen's Privy Chamber. On 22 December 1589 he wrote from
At some point during his early career, Stanhope attached himself to the coat-tails of
In 1597, Stanhope stood for election to Parliament as Member for
Meanwhile, Stanhope was hastily found a seat instead for Preston, a borough Cecil had in his gift as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He later sat for Northamptonshire in the Parliament of 1601 and for Newtown from 1604 until, on 2 May 1605, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stanhope, of Harrington.
As one of Cecil's leading followers, it was rumoured in 1600 that Stanhope would soon become
He resigned the Treasurership of the Chamber and retired from his other posts in 1616, and died in 1621. He was succeeded in his peerage (and as Master of the King's Posts) by his son, Charles Stanhope.
Family
Stanhope was twice married: first to Joan, daughter of William Knollys, by whom he had no issue; and secondly, on 6 May 1589, to Margaret, daughter of
- Charles, born in 1593, who succeeded as second baron, but died without issue in 1675, when the title became extinct,
- Elizabeth, who married Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet; and
- Catherine, who married Robert, Viscount Cholmondeley.
Margaret died in 1640 and was buried alongside her husband at
The later peers of the Stanhope family descend from the first baron's brother, Thomas.[4]
References
- J. E. Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
Notes
- ^ "STANHOPE, John (c.1545-1621), of Harrington, Northants. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London". History of Parliament trust. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 2 (London, 1791), pp. 410-11, modern spelling here.
- ^ "Charles I - volume 451: April 20-30, 1640 Pages 53-103 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1640". British History Online. HMSO. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Stanhope, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.