Biography of George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield 1805-1866

On 20th August 1777 [his father] Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield [aged 21] and Anne Thistlethwayte Countess Chesterfield were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield.

On 2nd May 1799 [his father] Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield [aged 43] and [his mother] Henrietta Thynne [aged 36] were married at Grosvenor Street. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath [aged 63].

On 23rd May 1805 George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield was born to Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield [aged 49] and Henrietta Thynne [aged 42].

On 31st May 1813 [his mother] Henrietta Thynne [aged 50] died.

On 29th August 1815 [his father] Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield [aged 59] died at Chesterfield House. His son George [aged 10] succeeded 6th Earl Chesterfield, 6th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.

In 1830 George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 24] and Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. He the son of Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield and Henrietta Thynne. They were fourth cousins.

On 28th September 1831 [his son] George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope 7th Earl Chesterfield was born to George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 26] and [his wife] Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 29].

On 3rd November 1834 [his daughter] Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon was born to George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 29] and [his wife] Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 32] at Chesterfield House. She married 1861 her half fourth cousin once removed Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon, son of Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon, and had issue.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. On my second visit to Bretby [Map] I remember we acted De Musset's play, Le Caprice. [his wife] Lady Chesterfield's [aged 41] daughter, Evelyn Stanhope [aged 9], afterwards Countess of Carnarvon, and Miss Anson [aged 12], afterwards Countess Howe, took the girls' parts, and I was the hero. Lady Dufferin [aged 37] coached me and, what was very important, taught me to sit down like a man! My costume was an olla podrida of other people's garments, for I wore Lady Chesterfield's riding-trousers, Lord Cleveden's coat and waistcoat, one of Lord Chesterfield's [aged 38] shirts, and a curly wig put the finishing-touch to the character. Le Caprice was a great success, and we were highly pleased with ourselves.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. In the autumn of 1844 we went to Bretby [Map], the seat of the Earl of Chesterfield [aged 38], where we spent a most enjoyable time. There was a large house-party, among many others the Duke [aged 44] and Duchess [aged 26] of Montrose, Mr. [aged 37] and Lady Sophia des Voeux, Lord Alvanley [aged 54], and the Count de Nieukerke, who was the recognised lover of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte [aged 23]. M. de Nieukerke was a very charming man, and he was much struck by my singing, and used to compare me with George Sand's heroine - Consuelo - for I was a very pretty girl with a slight, but fine figure, and long hair that fell in curls below my knees.

On 20th April 1844 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford were married. He the son of George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 54] and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1861 [his son-in-law] Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 26] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. She the daughter of George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 55] and Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 58]. He the son of Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 56]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

On 22nd March 1865 George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 75] died. His son Orlando [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 4th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 8th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [his sister-in-law] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.

On 1st June 1866 George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 61] died. His son George [aged 34] succeeded 7th Earl Chesterfield, 7th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.

On 27th July 1885 [his former wife] Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 82] died.