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STANHOPE, Lovell (1720-83), of Winchester, Hants.
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bap. 12 Dec. 1720, 4th s. of Rev. Michael Stanhope, canon of St. Paul’s and later of Windsor, a distant cos. of Philip, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, by Penelope, da. of Sir Salathiel Lovell, a baron of the Exchequer. educ. L. Inn 1743, called 1747. unm.
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Law clerk to the secretaries of state 1747 – 74; agent for Jamaica 1757 – 63; gentleman usher to the Queen 1761; under-sec. of state 1764 – 65, Jan. – Mar. 1771; clerk comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth 1780–2.
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Main residence: Winchester, Hants.
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STANHOPE, Philip (1732-68).
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b. in Holland, Mar. 1732, illegit. s. of Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, by Elizabeth du Bouchet.Born abroad, out of wedlock and of a foreign mother, he was presumably foreign-born, and a formal act of naturalization would have merely established his incapacity to sit in Parliament. But apparently his British nationality was tacitly assumed. educ. Westminster 1743-6; Grand Tour 1746-51.Till 1748 with Edward Eliot (q.v.). m. secretly c.1759, Eugenia Peeters, illegit. da. of one Domville of Ireland, 2s.
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Resident at Hamburg 1757 – 63; envoy to Imperial Diet Mar. – Oct. 1763, to Saxony May 1764 – d.
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STANHOPE, Walter (1749-1822), of Cannon Hall, nr. Barnsley and Horsforth, nr. Leeds, Yorks.
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b. 4 Feb. 1749, o. surv. s. of Walter Stanhope (at one time a Leeds merchant), by his 2nd w. Ann, da. of William Spencer of Cannon Hall. educ. Bradford; Univ. Coll., Oxf. 1766-9; Grand Tour 1769-70. m. 21 Oct. 1783, Mary Winifred, da. and h. of Thomas Babington Pulleine of Carlton Hall, nr. Richmond, Yorks. 8s. 7da. suc. fa. 1759, uncle John Stanhope at Horsforth 1769, uncle John Spencer at Cannon Hall 1775; took name of Spencer before Stanhope 1776.
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Main residences: Cannon Hall, nr. Barnsley; Horsforth, nr. Leeds, Yorks.
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STANHOPE, Hon. Sir William (1702-72), of Eythrope, Bucks.
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b. 20 July 1702, 2nd s. of Philip, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, by Lady Elizabeth Savile, da. of George, 1st Mq. of Halifax. m. (1) 27 Apr. 1721, Susanna (d. 7 Oct. 1740), da. of John Rudge, M.P., of Wheatfield, Oxon., 1 da. who; Welbore Ellis; (2) 29 May 1745, Elizabeth (d. 25 Feb. 1746), da. of Sir Ambrose Crowley, M.P., London alderman, s.p.; (3) 6 Oct. 1759, Anne Hussey, da. of Francis Blake Delaval, M.P., sis. of Francis Blake and John Hussey Delaval, s.p. cr. K.B. 27 May 1725.
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Main residence: Eythrope, Bucks.
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STANHOPE, Hon. Sir William (1702-72)
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STANHOPE, William, Visct. Petersham (1719-1779).
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b. 18 Dec. 1719, 1st s. of William, 1st Earl of Harrington, by Anne, da. and h. of Col. Edward Griffith, clerk comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth. educ. ?Eton 1732. m. 11 Aug. 1746, Lady Caroline Fitzroy, da. of Charles, 2nd Duke of Grafton, 2s. 5da. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Harrington 8 Dec. 1756.
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Ensign 10 Ft. 1738; capt. 14 Ft. 1739; lt.-col. 3 Ft. Gds. 1741; 3 col. 2 Troop Horse Grenadier Gds. 1745; maj.-gen. 1755; lt.-gen. 1758; gen. 1770.
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STANHOPE, William, Visct. Petersham (1719-1779)
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STANLEY, Edward, Lord Stanley (1752-1834).
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b. 12 Sept. 1752, 1st s. of James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange, and bro. of Hon. Thomas Stanley. educ. Eton 1764; Trinity, Camb. 1771. m. (1) 23 June 1774, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (d. 14 Mar. 1797) da. of James, 6th Duke of Hamilton [S], 1s. 2da.; (2) 1 May 1797, Elizabeth Farran, actress, da. of George Farran, surgeon and apothecary, of Cork, 1s. 2da. suc. gd.-fa. as 12th Earl of Derby 22 Feb. 1776.
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Ld. lt. Lancs. 1776 – d.; P.C. 29 Aug. 1783; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster Aug. – Dec. 1783, 1806–7.
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STANLEY, Edward, Lord Stanley (1752-1834)
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