Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield 1673-1726

In 1652 [his father] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 18] and Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland [aged 49] and Anne Cecil. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Stanhope and [his grandmother] Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 43]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

After 1654 [his father] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 20] and Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 43] and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 38]. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Stanhope and [his grandmother] Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 45].

After July 1665 [his father] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 31] and [his mother] Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 32] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 32]. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 56]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 3rd February 1673 Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield was born to Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 39] and Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield [aged 20].

In November 1677 [his mother] Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield [aged 24] died.

In 1683 [his uncle] Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont [aged 39] died. Earl Bellomont and Baron Wotton extinct. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. He willed Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to his nephew, [his brother] Charles Stanhope aka Wooton [aged 7], son of his half-brother [his father] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 49].

On 21st September 1691 [his brother-in-law] John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 28] and [his half-sister] Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 57] and Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield. He the son of Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 48] and Helen Middleton Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1692 Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 18] and Elizabeth Savile [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 58] and Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax. He the son of Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 58] and Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Before 22nd September 1694 [his daughter] Gertrude Stanhope Baroness Hotham was born to Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 21] and [his wife] Elizabeth Savile [aged 17]. She married 1724 her fourth cousin twice removed Charles Hotham 5th Baronet, son of Charles Hotham 4th Baronet and Bridget Gee, and had issue.

On 22nd September 1694 [his son] Philip Stanhope 4th Earl Chesterfield was born to Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 21] and [his wife] Elizabeth Savile [aged 17]. He married 5th September 1733 Petronilla Melusine Schulenburg Countess Chesterfield, daughter of King George I and Melusine Schulenburg 1st Duchess Munster 1st Duchess Kendal.

On 2nd April 1695 [his brother-in-law] William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax [aged 30] and Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Halifax. She the daughter of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea [aged 47] and Essex Rich Countess Nottingham. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 61] and Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile. They were fourth cousins.

On 5th April 1695 [his father-in-law] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 61] died apparently as a consequence of eating undercooked chicken. He was buried in the north aisle of the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Marquess Halifax, 2nd Earl Halifax, 2nd Viscount Halifax, 2nd Baron Savile of Elland, 5th Baronet Savile of Thornhill. Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe [aged 18] by marriage Marchioness Halifax.

John Evelyn's Diary. 7th April 1695. [his father-in-law] Lord Halifax [deceased] died suddenly at London, the day his [his wife] daughter [aged 18] was married to the Earl of Nottingham's [aged 61] son [aged 22] at Burleigh. Lord H. was a very rich man, very witty, and in his younger days somewhat positive.

On 15th May 1695 Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 51] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 32] succeeded 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. [his half-sister] Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 32] by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.

On 31st August 1700 [his brother-in-law] William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax [aged 35] died without male issue. Marquess Halifax, Earl Halifax, Viscount Halifax and Baron Savile of Elland extinct. His first cousin twice removed John [aged 50] succeeded 6th Baronet Savile of Thornhill

In 1702 [his son] William Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 28] and [his wife] Elizabeth Savile [aged 25]. He married 6th October 1759 Anne Hussey Delaval and had issue.

In 1703 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 29] and [his wife] Elizabeth Savile [aged 26]. She married 1723 Samuel Barbour aka Hill of Shenstone Park.

On or before 6th February 1704 Charles Stanhope aka Wooton [aged 28] died. Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] was inherited by his elder brother Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 31].

In 1708 [his wife] Elizabeth Savile [aged 31] died. She was buried with her parentrrs in Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 28th January 1714 [his father] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 80] died. He was buried at Shelford, Nottinghamshire [Map]. His son Philip [aged 40] succeeded 3rd Earl Chesterfield, 3rd Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.

Around 1723 [his son-in-law] Samuel Barbour aka Hill of Shenstone Park [aged 32] and Elizabeth Stanhope [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 49] and Elizabeth Savile.

On 24th April 1723 [his half-sister] Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 59] died.

In 1724 [his son-in-law] Charles Hotham 5th Baronet [aged 30] and Gertrude Stanhope Baroness Hotham [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Lady Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire. She the daughter of Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 50] and Elizabeth Savile. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

On 27th January 1726 Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield [aged 52] died. His son Philip [aged 31] succeeded 4th Earl Chesterfield, 4th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire and inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].