Paternal Family Tree: Stanhope
On 19th December 1774 [her father] Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 21] and [her mother] Hester Pitt [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham [aged 66] and [her grandmother] Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 54]. He the son of Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 60] and Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope. They were half second cousins.
On 12th March 1776 Hester Lucy Stanhope was born to Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 22] and Hester Pitt [aged 20] at Chevening, Sevenoaks.
On 20th July 1780 [her mother] Hester Pitt [aged 24] died.
In 1781 [her father] Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 27] and [her step-mother] Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Stanhope. He the son of [her grandfather] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 66] and [her grandmother] Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope.
On 7th March 1786 [her grandfather] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 71] died. His son [her father] Charles [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Stanhope.
In 1800 Hester Lucy Stanhope [aged 23] was sent to live with her maternal grandmother Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 79] at Burton Pynsent, Somerset.
In August 1803 Hester Lucy Stanhope [aged 27] moved into the home of her uncle William "The Younger" Pitt [aged 44] to manage his household and act as hostess - he being an unmarried Prime Minister.
On 19th November 1803 [her half-brother] Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope were married. He the son of [her father] Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 50] and [her step-mother] Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope [aged 45].
In 23rd January 1806, after the death of [her uncle] William "The Younger" Pitt [aged 46], Hester Lucy Stanhope [aged 29] was awarded a pension of £1200 per year.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
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On 15th December 1816 [her father] Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 63] died. His son [her half-brother] Philip [aged 35] succeeded 4th Earl Stanhope. [her sister-in-law] Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope by marriage Countess Stanhope.
Before 23rd June 1839 William Noel-Hill 3rd Baron Berwick [aged 65] and Hester Lucy Stanhope [aged 63] were engaged.
On 23rd June 1839 Hester Lucy Stanhope [aged 63] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cordelia Alington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Stanhope 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Lusty" Pakington 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Smith
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rector Thomas Pitt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend John Pitt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope
father: Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope 9 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hamilton 4th Earl Haddington 6 x Great Grandson of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Hamilton 5th Earl Haddington 5 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Lindsay Countess Haddington 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hamilton 6th Earl Haddington 6 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leslie 1st Duke Rothes 
6 x Great Grandson of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Leslie 8th Countess Rothes and Haddington 5 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lindsay Duchess Rothes 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Hamilton 7 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hope of Hopetoun
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hope of Hopetoun
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Hope Countess Haddington 6 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hamilton 4th Earl Haddington 6 x Great Grandson of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hamilton 5 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Lindsay Countess Haddington 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Grandmother: Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope 8 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Hester Lucy Stanhope 10 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rector Thomas Pitt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend John Pitt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Pitt
Grandfather: William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Fitzgerald Villiers 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester 21 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Leigh Viscountess Grandison 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Villiers 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
mother: Hester Pitt 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Greville of Wotton Underwood 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Grandmother: Hester Granville Countess Chatham