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 236 STANHOPE. widow who was b. 2S March 1758, d. (i March 1S29 iu Clarges street, agerl 70. Will pr. March 1S29. IV. 1S1G. J,. Philip Henry (Stanhope), Earl Stanhope, &c, 1st s. aiiy second wife, b. 7 Dec. 1781, in Barley street, and bap. 4 Jan. 1782, at St. Marvlcbmie ; styled Viscount Mahon, 1786— 1S16 ; M.P. for Wendover, 1 S0lj-07 : for Hull. 1807-12, and for Midhurst, 1812-16 : Keeper of the Hecords in the Birmingham Tuwer, Dublin Castle, 1805-55 ; F.K.S., 8 .Ian. 1S07 : K.S.A.: Lieut. Gov. of Dover Castle, 1809; sue. In the peerage, as above, 1,1 Dec 1816, voting for the Reform Bill, 1832. lie was Survivor of the Green wax in the Court of Exchequer, 1818 ; a Vies President of the Society of Arts aud President of the Medico-Botanical Society, lie hi. Hi Nov. 1803, at Deal, Catharine Lucy, 1th da. of Robert (Smith. 1st Baron Cakrisgtos or Upton, by Anne, da. of Lewyns Boldero Barnard. Mie </. I Oct. 1843. in Charles street, Berkeley sq. Admon. Nov. 1S43. He d. 2 March 1856, aged 73, at C'hevening, and was bur. there.;- 1 ) Will pt. April 185;.. V. 1855. ;1. Philip Henry (Stanhope), Earl Stanhope, &e., 1st s. and h., 6. 30 Jan. ISO;", at Wahner, to. Kent; ttyled Viscount Mahon till 1855 ; mat. at Oxford (Ch Ck), 19 April 1823 ; B.A., 22 March 1827, being or. DC.L., !.' June 1834 ; M.P. for Wootton-P.assett, 1830-32, and for Hert- ford, 1835-52 : 1'nder See. of State for Foreign Affairs, 1834-3'' ; Joint Sec. to Indian Board, 1845-46 ; F.S.A., 2S Jan. 1841, ami Pres. of that Soc, 1546-75 ; a Trustee of the Brit. Museum, 1846-75: 1.. Hector of Mavischal Coll., Aberdeen, 18. r i8-61 : LL.D. of Cambridge, 3 June 1864 ; sue. to tht peerage, as above, 2 March 1855; First Commissi-, for inquiry as to the Establ. Church of Ireland, 1867. He m. 10 July 1834, at St. Geo. Han. «q., Emily Harriet, 2d da. of Lieut. Gen. Sir Edward Keiirison, Bart., K C.B., by Mary, da. of Alexander Ellick, of Pitten- criefi', co. Fife. She, who was h. 10 Sep. 1813, d. of bronchitis, at Cheveiiing, 31 Dec. 1873, and was in:-, there, 8 Jan. 1874, aged 60. He d. of pleurisy, at Merivale House, Bournemouth, 24 Dec. 1875, ('>) and was 4«r. at C'hevening, aged 70. VI. 1875. 0. Arthur Philip (Stanhope), Karl Stanhope [1718], Viscount Stanhope ok Mahon and Baron Stanhope ok Elvasto.n [1717], 1st s. and b. 13 Sep. 1838, at Groerenor place; ed. at Harrow; stylal Viscount Mahon, 1858-75; an officer iu the Oreo, Guards, 1858-69; Instructor of Musketry, 1863-68; M.P. for Leominster, ' April to Dec. 1868. and for Blit Suffolk, 1S70-75; a Lord of the Treasury, 1874 75 : F.S.A., Feb. 1S74 ; sue. toihe peerage, as above, 24 Dec. 1875 ; First Kccles. Commissr., 1878 ; L. Lieut, of Kent. He m. 2 March 1869, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Evelyn Henrietta, only da. ut Kichard Pennekatheb, of Knockevan, co. Tipperary, by Emily Arabella Georgians, da. of Kichard (Butler), 1st Earl ok Glenuall [I.] [James Kichard Stanhope, styled Vibcodnt Mahon, 1st s. and li. ap. b. 11 Nov. 1880 at 20 Grosvenor place.] Family Estates.— "These, in 18S3. consisted of 4,3-13 acres in Kent ; 5,186 in Devon, and 2,583 in Derbyshire, besides 2.129 in Queens county. Total 14,241 acres, worth £13,892 a year. Principal Scat. C'hevening, near Sevenoaks, co. Kent. STANIIOPK OF ELVASTOX. i.e. "Stanhope of Elvaston, co. Dolby," Barony (Stanhope), cr. 171' with the Viscountcv or Stanhope ok Mahon ; see " Stanhope " Earldom, cr. 1718. ( a ) He is said in the " True story of Kaspar Ilanscr" (by the Duchess of Cleve- land, 1893). to have in 1831 made himself answerable for the education and main- tenance of that individual (6. 30 April 1812, and el. 17 Dec. 1833), kuowu as "the wild man," who, however, was, apparently, a clever impostor. ( b ) Well known as the author of a " tlhlory of England from 1713 to 1783, also of one from 1701 to 1713 (works of considerable merit and great impartiality) *> likewise, of various other historical treatises. His portrait " after J. Lucas (1836) " « engraved in " Doyle"