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{{short description|Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain}}
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[[File:Shield of Arms of James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, KG, DSO, MC, PC.png|thumb|230px|The coat of arms of [[James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope]], the final holder of the title, who died in 1967.]]
'''Earl Stanhope''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|æ|n|ʊ|p}})<ref>Debrett's Correct Form, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1976, pg 408</ref> was a title in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]]. The [[earl]]dom was created in 1718 for Major General [[James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope|James Stanhope]],<ref name=chevening1797>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</ref> a principal minister of [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]], with remainder to the heirs male of his body. He was the son of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope, fifth and youngest son of [[Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield]]. In 1717, James Stanhope had been raised to the peerage as '''Viscount Stanhope''', of [[Mahón]] in the [[Menorca|Island of Minorca]], and '''Baron Stanhope''', of [[Elvaston, Derbyshire|Elvaston]] in the [[Derbyshire|County of Derby]], with [[special remainder]], failing heirs male of his body, to his second cousin John Stanhope of Elvaston (who was the father of [[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington]]) and the heirs male of his body. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. The [[heir apparent]] of the Earls Stanhope used '''Viscount Mahon''' as a [[courtesy title]].

==Subsequent history==
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The first Earl's grandson, the third Earl, was a politician and scientist, known as "Citizen Stanhope" because of his sympathy for the [[French Revolution]]. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Earl. He represented several constituencies in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] but is chiefly remembered for his involvement in the [[Kaspar Hauser]] case. His son, the fifth Earl, was a [[Tory]] politician and historian. He served as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] and also published a biography on [[William Pitt the Younger]]. Upon his death, the titles passed to his son, the sixth Earl. He was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and served briefly as a [[Lord of the Treasury]] from 1874 to 1875 in [[Benjamin Disraeli]]'s second administration. In addition, the sixth Earl was [[Lord Lieutenant of Kent]].

His son, the seventh Earl, was also a Conservative politician and notably served as [[President of the Board of Education]], as [[Leader of the House of Lords]] and as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]. In 1952, the seventh Earl succeeded his distant relative [[Edward Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield]], as thirteenth [[Earl of Chesterfield]] and 13th Baron Stanhope. However, he never applied for a [[Hereditary peer#Writs of summons|writ of summons]] to the [[House of Lords]] in these titles and continued to be known as the Earl Stanhope. On his death in 1967, the earldoms of Stanhope and Chesterfield and the barony of Stanhope became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the viscountcy of Stanhope of Mahon and the barony of Stanhope of Elvaston according to the special remainder by his distant kinsman, [[William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington]].

[[Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale]], was a younger son of the fifth Earl.

==Viscounts Stanhope, of Mahon (1717)==
[[File:James, Earl Stanhope, from a portrait by Denner at Chevening.jpg|thumb|230px|[[James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope]], from a portrait by [[Balthasar Denner|Denner]] at [[Chevening]].]]
*[[James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope|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 Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope|Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope]] (1781–1855)
*[[Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope|Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope]] (1805–1875)
*[[Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope|Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope]] (1838–1905)
*[[James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope|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 Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington|William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington, 8th Viscount Stanhope]] (1922–2009)
*[[Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington|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).<br>
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. Augustus Stanhope (born 2005).

===Title succession chart===
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==Seats==
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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)

[[File:Stanhope Chapel, Chevening.JPG|thumb|Stanhope Chapel at St Botolph's Parish Church, [[Chevening, Kent]]]]
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]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Stanhope, Earls|volume=25|pages=773-775}}
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

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