Biography of Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield 1755-1815
Paternal Family Tree: Stanhope
Before 18 Mar 1748 [his father] Arthur Charles Stanhope (age 32) and [his step-mother] Mary Thornhagh were married.
On 25 Aug 1750 [his father] Arthur Charles Stanhope (age 35) and [his mother] Margaret Headlam (age 21) were married.
On 10 Nov 1755 Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield was born to Arthur Charles Stanhope (age 40) and Margaret Headlam (age 26).
On 03 Jan 1764 [his mother] Margaret Headlam (age 35) died.
In 1767 [his father] Arthur Charles Stanhope (age 51) and [his step-mother] Frances Board (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.
On 09 Mar 1770 [his father] Arthur Charles Stanhope (age 54) died.
On 24 May 1773 Philip Stanhope 4th Earl Chesterfield (age 78) died at Chesterfield House. His third cousin once removed Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 17) succeeded 5th Earl Chesterfield, 5th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.
On 20 Aug 1777 Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 21) and Anne Thistlewayte 5th Countess Chesterfield were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
Around 1778 Thomas Gainsborough (age 50). Portrait of Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 22).
On 09 May 1797 [his future brother-in-law] George Thynne 2nd Baron Carteret (age 27) and Harriet Courtenay Baroness Carteret (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Carteret of Hawnes. She the daughter of William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon and Frances Clack Countess Devon. He the son of Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 61).
In Oct 1798 [his wife] Anne Thistlewayte 5th Countess Chesterfield died.
On 02 May 1799 Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 43) and Henrietta Thynne (age 36) were married at Grosvenor Street. She the daughter of Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 63).
In 1803 [his daughter] Harriet Stanhope died.
In 1805 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 66) created new Garter Knights as follows:
628th George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery (age 45),
629th George Finch 9th Earl Winchilsea 4th Earl Nottingham (age 52),
630th Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 49),
631st George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 49).
On 23 May 1805 [his son] George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield was born to Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 49) and [his wife] Henrietta Thynne (age 42).
On 31 May 1813 [his wife] Henrietta Thynne (age 50) died.
On 29 Aug 1815 Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield (age 59) died at Chesterfield House. His son [his son] George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield (age 10) succeeded 6th Earl Chesterfield, 6th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.
[his daughter] Harriet Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield and Anne Thistlewayte 5th Countess Chesterfield.
[his daughter] Georgiana Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield and Henrietta Thynne.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cordelia Alington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Stanhope 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Harrington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Stanhope 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Michael Stanhope 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Arthur Charles Stanhope 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Charles Headlam of Kexby in Yorkshire
Mother: Margaret Headlam