Biography of Walter Spencer-Stanhope 1827-1911

In 1822 [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope [aged 34] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 67] and [his grandmother] Jane Dutton.

On 21st December 1827 Walter Spencer-Stanhope was born to John Spencer-Stanhope [aged 40] and Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 32].

Around 1852 Abel Hold [aged 37] moved to Cawthorne, South Yorkshire where he and Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 24] of nearby Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire became friends.

In 1856 Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 28] and Elizabeth Julia Buxton were married. They had eleven children.

On 10th January 1859 [his brother] John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth King [aged 23] were married. She the widow of Captain George Frederick Dawson. They lived at Hillhouse, Cawthorne until their house Sandroyd House, Cobham was completed.

Around 1863 [his son] Edward Spencer-Stanhope was born to Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Julia Buxton.

In 1872 Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 44] was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1880.

On 30th October 1873 [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 78] died.

On 8th November 1873 [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope [aged 86] died. Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 45] inherited Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire.

In September 1880 [his wife] Elizabeth Julia Buxton died.

Around 1906 [his son] Edward Spencer-Stanhope [aged 43] died.

On 2nd August 1908 [his brother] John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope [aged 79] died at the Villa Nutti, Bellosguardo [Map]. He was buried in the Cimitero degli Allori, Florence.

On 17th November 1911 Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 83] died.