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{{short description|Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain}}
{{Redirect|Lord Harrington|3=Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford}}
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{{Infobox hereditary title
| name              = Earl of Harrington 
| image             = [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|90px]]<br />[[File:StanhopeCoA.png|100px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = Arms of Stanhope:<br />''Quarterly ermine and gules''<ref name="dict"/>
| creation_date     = 9 February 1742 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Great Britain]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington|William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington]] 
| heir_apparent     = William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the first Earl's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten
| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Petersham<br />{{nowrap|Viscount Stanhope, of Mahon}}<br />Baron Harrington<br />Baron Stanhope, of Elvaston
| status            =  
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       =  
| former_seat       = [[Elvaston Castle]]<br />[[13 Kensington Palace Gardens|Harrington House]]<br />[[Gawsworth Old Hall|Gawsworth Hall]]<ref name="dict"/>
| motto             = ''A Deo et rege'' ([[Latin]] for 'From God and the King')<ref name="dict"/> 
| footnotes         =  
}}
'''Earl of Harrington''' is a title in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] that was created in 1742.

==History==
The [[earl]]dom of Harrington was granted in 1742 to [[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington|William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington]], the former [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department|Secretary of State]] and then [[Lord President of the Council]]. He was made '''Viscount Petersham''' at the same time.<ref name="dict"/> In 1730, he had been created '''Baron Harrington''', of [[Harrington, Northamptonshire|Harrington]] in the County of [[Northamptonshire|Northampton]]. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Harrington was the son of John Stanhope of Elvaston and the great-grandson of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, younger half-brother of [[Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield]] (who was the grandfather of [[James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope]]).<ref name="dict"/>

Lord Harrington was succeeded by his son William, the second Earl.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|page=18}} He was a general in the Army and also represented [[Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury St Edmunds]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. His son, the third Earl, was also a general in the Army and sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)|Thetford]] and [[Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Westminster]]. His elder son, the fourth Earl, and younger son, the fifth Earl, were both [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonels]] in the Army.

The line of the fifth Earl failed in 1866 upon the early death of his son, the sixth Earl. The latter was succeeded by his first cousin, the seventh Earl. He was the son of the Very Reverend and Hon. FitzRoy Henry Richard, fourth son of the third Earl.<ref name="dict"/> His elder son, the eighth Earl, was a successful polo player. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Earl.{{ sfn | Hesilrige | 1921 | page=451}} His grandson, the eleventh Earl, succeeded his father in 1929.

In 1967, [[William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington|the eleventh Earl]] also succeeded as eighth '''Viscount Stanhope''' (of Mahon) and eighth '''Baron Stanhope''' (of Elvaston) upon the death of his distant relative [[James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope]], by a [[special remainder]] in these titles' patent that allowed them to be inherited by the male heirs of the aforementioned John Stanhope, father of the first Earl of Harrington. {{As of|2016}}, the titles are held by the eleventh Earl's son, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2009.

The former family seat was [[Elvaston Castle]], in Derbyshire. The house and grounds are currently owned by Derbyshire County Council, which has opened the gardens as a country park. [[Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington|The 5th Earl]] had a London townhouse built on land formerly belonging to Kensington Palace – [[13 Kensington Palace Gardens|Harrington House]] remained in the family until the First World War. It is currently home to the Russian Embassy.

[[Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon]], wife of the [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon|2nd Earl of Snowdon]], nephew of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] and a member of the extended [[British royal family]], is the daughter of the [[Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington|12th Earl of Harrington]].

==Baron Harrington (1730)==
*[[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington|William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington]] (1683–1756) (created '''Earl of Harrington''' in 1742)

===Earl of Harrington (1742)===
*[[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington]] (1683–1756)
*[[William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington]] (1719–1779), son of the 1st Earl
*[[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington]] (1753–1829), son of the 2nd Earl
*[[Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington]] (1780–1851), son of the 3rd Earl
**Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (1831–1836)     
*[[Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington|Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington]] (1784–1862), brother of the 4th Earl, son of the 3rd Earl
*[[Sydney Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington|Sydney Seymour Hyde Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington]] (1845–1866), son of the 5th Earl
*[[Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington|Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington]] (1809–1881), first cousin of the 6th Earl, grandson of the 3rd Earl
*[[Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington|Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington]] (1844–1917), son of the 7th Earl
*[[Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington|Dudley Henry Eden Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington]] (1859–1928), brother of the 8th Earl, son of the 7th Earl
*[[Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington|Charles Joseph Leicester Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington]] (1887–1929), son of the 9th Earl
*[[William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington|William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington]] (1922–2009), son of the 10th Earl
*[[Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington|Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington]] (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 />  Lady Petersham (Candida Bond) is a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. Augustus Stanhope (born 2005).

===Title succession chart===
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1683-1756), Attributed to Godfrey Kneller.jpg|[[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington]]
File:Elvaston_Castle_2.jpg|[[Elvaston Castle]] in 1992
File:Elvaston Castle - geograph.org.uk - 6393.jpg|Elvaston Castle in 2005
File:Coat of Arms of the Earls of Harrington.JPG|Arms of Stanhope, Earls of Harrington (with ''a crescent or for [[Difference (heraldry)|difference]]''), displayed on the gates of Elvaston Castle
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Earl of Chesterfield]]
*[[Earl Stanhope]]
*[[Baron Stanhope]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=<ref name="dict">{{harv|Colburn|1880|page=600}}</ref>}}

===Works cited===
*{{cite book |last=Montague-Smith| first=Patrick |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage |publisher=[[Kelly's Directory]] |location=[[Kingston-upon-Thames]] |page=545 |quote=''A crescent for [[Difference (heraldry)|difference]]'' |url=https://debretts.com/ |year=1968}}
*{{cite book |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |first=Henry |last=Colburn |author-link=Henry Colburn |edition=42 |publisher=[[Harrison and Sons]] |location=[[Pall Mall, London]] |url=https://www.burkespeerage.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512000000/https://www.burkespeerage.com/ |year=1880 |access-date=24 August 2016 |language=en |quote=[[Bernard Burke]] |archive-date=12 May 2008 |pages=600, 601}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=u6IaAAAAYAAJ Alt URL]
*{{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921 |title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/451 |location=[[Fleet Street]], London, UK |publisher=[[Dean & Son]] |page=451 }}
*{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Harrington, Earls of |volume=13 |page=18}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/harrington1742.htm Cracroft's Peerage page]{{unreliable source?|date=November 2021}}
*[https://europeanheraldry.org/united-kingdom/families/families-s/house-stanhope/ European Heraldry page]
*{{Hansard-contribs | mr-sydney-stanhope | Seymour Sydney Hyde Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington }}
*{{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-stanhope-2 | Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington }}

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