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unusual facts about George Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield



Edward Tenison

In February 1718 he clashed with George Stanhope in the lower house of Convocation; Stanhope was prolocutor of the house, and interrupted Tenison who was about to read a speech in favour of Hoadly by reading the formula proroguing the sitting.

Stanhope, George, A Letter from the Prolocutor to the Reverend Dr. Edward Tenison, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 1718

George Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield

He was unmarried and was succeeded in the earldom by his third cousin, George Stanhope.

Giacomo Castelvetro

He taught Italian at the University of Cambridge for the Spring term in 1613; those he taught included George Stanhope.


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