William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
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Secretary of State for the Northern Department | |
In office 19 June 1730 – 12 February 1742 | |
Monarch | George II |
Prime Minister | Robert Walpole |
Preceded by | Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend |
Succeeded by | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville |
In office 24 November 1744 – January 1746 | |
Monarch | George II |
Prime Minister | Henry Pelham |
Preceded by | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville |
Succeeded by | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
In office 15 November 1746 – 15 December 1750 | |
Monarch | George II |
Preceded by | The Earl of Chesterfield |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Dorset |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 13 February 1742 – 3 January 1745 | |
Monarch | George II |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Wilmington Henry Pelham |
Preceded by | The Earl of Wilmington |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Dorset |
Personal details | |
Born | William Stanhope c. 1683 Elvaston, Derbyshire |
Died | London, England. | 8 December 1756
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Anne Griffith |
Parent(s) | John Stanhope Dorothy Agard |
Residence | Elvaston Castle |
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington,
.Life
William Stanhope was born in 1683 at the family home in
He married Anne Griffiths, who died in 1719 giving birth to twin sons, William, 2nd Earl of Harrington (1719–1779) and Thomas (1719–1743).
Career
Educated at Eton College, Stanhope was commissioned in 1703 as a lieutenant in the 2nd Foot Guards during the War of the Spanish Succession, before transferring to the 3rd Foot Guards in Spain. By 1710, he was a lieutenant-colonel and missed the December 1710 Battle of Brihuega, when the British rearguard under his cousin James Stanhope was cut off and forced to surrender. In March 1711, he became Colonel of the former Lepells Regiment, which was disbanded in November 1712 as the army was cut back in the run-up to the 1713 Peace of Utrecht.[2]
Stanhope was serving as a diplomat in Spain when the
As a reward for his part in negotiating the 1729
With the support of his political ally the Duke of Newcastle, he was restored as Secretary of State in 1744 but resigned in February 1746 over his preference for an immediate end to the 1740–1748 War of the Austrian Succession. He was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1747 to 1751[4] and while his active military career finished in 1720, he received a number of promotions, ending a full General in 1747.[5] He died in London on 8 December 1756.
References
- ISBN 978-0224071819.
- ^ Adjutant General's Office (1842). Historical Records of the British Army; History of the 13th Light Dragoons. John W Parker. p. 84.
- ^ Adjutant General's Office, p. 84
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Harrington, Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 18. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26257. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Sources
- Adjutant General's Office (1842). Historical Records of the British Army; History of the 13th Light Dragoons. John W Parker.
- Pearce, William (2007). The Great Man: Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224071819.
- Woodfine, Philip (2004). "Stanhope, William, first earl of Harrington". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26257. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)