Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield( 1640 – 1665) was the second wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.
Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope
Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope( 13 September 1838 – 19 April 1905), was a British Conservative Party politician.
From 1855 to 1875 he was styled Viscount Mahon.
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield PC FRS( 1634 – 28 January 1714) was a peer in the peerage of England.
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope FRS (15 August 1714 – 7 March 1786) was a British peer.
The son of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope and Lucy Pitt
, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1721.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1735, and had a lifelong interest in mathematics.
As a patron of various mathematicians, he came into contact with Thomas Bayes, one of the founders of Bayesian inference.
On 25 July 1745, he married Grizel Hamilton, daughter of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning.
They had two sons:
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (c. 16735 February 1721) was a British soldier, diplomat and statesmen who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721.
Born in Paris as the son of a prominent diplomat, Stanhope pursued a military career.
Although he also served in Flanders and Italy, he is best remembered for his service in Portugal and Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.
He was the first British Governor of Minorca, which he captured from the Spanish in 1708.
In 1710 he commanded the British contingent of the Allied Army which occupied Madrid having won a decisive victory at the Battle of Zaragoza.
Having then evacuated the Spanish capital, Stanhope's rearguard on the retreat to Barcelona were overwhelmed and forced to surrender at Brihuega.
Paroled, he returned to Britain and pursued a political career as a Whig.
A supporter of the Hanoverian Succession he was rewarded with office by George I in 1714.
As Southern Secretary he oversaw the negotiation of an Anglo-French Alliance.
Emerging as the dominant figure in government after 1717 he led Britain to success in a new Spanish War and suppressed a Jacobite Rising in 1719.
However the government was overtaken by the collapse of the South Sea Bubble and he died in office.
He is occasionally mentioned as an alternative candidate to Robert Walpole as Britain's first Prime Minister.
Philip Stanhope (diplomat)
Philip Stanhope( 2 May 1732 – 16 November 1768) was the illegitimate son of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield to whom the famous" Letters to His Son" were addressed.
His mother was a French governess, Madelina Elizabeth du Bouchet.
James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope,( 11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967), styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, and known as The Earl Stanhope from 1905 until his death, was a British Conservative politician.
Richard Stanhope
Richard Courtney Stanhope( born 27 April 1957) in Blackpool, Lancashire, England is a male retired British rower.
Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (3 February 1673 – 27 January 1726) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, by his third wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Dormer.
In 1692, Stanhope married Lady Elizabeth Savile, daughter of the Marquess of Halifax.
He was succeeded by his son, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
His second son was Sir William Stanhope who was a politician.
His work as a writer was well known after his death.
Many essays to his son were published after his death.
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1677)
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield( 1658 – 24 October 1677) was the daughter of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, and the third wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.
She was born in Wing, Buckinghamshire.
She had two sons by the Earl of Chesterfield: Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and Charles Stanhope.

Question: Where was the father of Philip Stanhope, 2Nd Earl Stanhope born?
Answer: Paris