Earl Stanhope is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
14th April 1718. James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope [aged 45] created.
5th February 1721. Son Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 6] succeeded.
7th March 1786. Son Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 32] succeeded.
15th December 1816. Son Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope [aged 35] succeeded.
2nd March 1855. Son Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope [aged 50] succeeded.
24th December 1875. Son Arthur Philip Stanhope 6th Earl Stanhope [aged 37] succeeded.
19th April 1905. Son James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope 13th Earl Chesterfield [aged 24] succeeded.
15th August 1967. James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope 13th Earl Chesterfield extinct.
On 14th April 1718 James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope [aged 45] was created 1st Earl Stanhope. Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope [aged 26] by marriage Countess Stanhope.
On 5th February 1721 James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope [aged 48] died. His son Philip [aged 6] succeeded 2nd Earl Stanhope.
On 25th July 1745 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 30] and Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope were married. She by marriage Countess Stanhope. He the son of James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope.
In 1781 Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 27] and Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Stanhope. He the son of Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 66] and Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope.
On 7th March 1786 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope [aged 71] died. His son Charles [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Stanhope.
On 15th December 1816 Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope [aged 63] died. His son Philip [aged 35] succeeded 4th Earl Stanhope. Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope by marriage Countess Stanhope.
On 2nd March 1855 Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope [aged 73] died. His son Philip [aged 50] succeeded 5th Earl Stanhope.
On 24th December 1875 Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope [aged 70] died. His son Arthur [aged 37] succeeded 6th Earl Stanhope. Evelyn Henrietta Pennefather Countess Stanhope by marriage Countess Stanhope.
On 19th April 1905 Arthur Philip Stanhope 6th Earl Stanhope [aged 66] died. His son James [aged 24] succeeded 7th Earl Stanhope.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Before September 1940 James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope 13th Earl Chesterfield [aged 59] and Eileen Agatha Browne Countess Stanhope [aged 51] were married. She by marriage Countess Stanhope. He the son of Arthur Philip Stanhope 6th Earl Stanhope and Evelyn Henrietta Pennefather Countess Stanhope.
On 15th August 1967 James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope 13th Earl Chesterfield [aged 86] died without issue. Earl Stanhope, Earl Chesterfield, Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire, Baronet Stanhope of Stanwell extinct.