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unusual facts about Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield



Baylis House

The Osborne family acquired the house in 1733, and tenants from this time included the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, and Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough.

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope

The son of the 2nd Earl Stanhope, he was educated at Eton and the University of Geneva.

Jacques Georges Deyverdun

He also acted as tutor to several English noblemen on the Grand Tour such as Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield and Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet.

Katheryn of Berain

Henry was the father of Anne Salusbury, the wife of Arthur Stanhope and ancestor of all the earls of Chesterfield from the fifth Earl.

National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage

In March 1912 Cromer was replaced by Lord Curzon and Lord Weardale as joint presidents.

Novel of manners

In particular, Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son are a prime example to anyone concerned with propriety.

Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield

Chesterfield subsequently married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and his wife, Elizabeth Preston.

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

Stanhope's position as an historian was already established when he succeeded to the earldom in 1855, and in 1872 he was made an honorary associate of the Institute of France.

Vincent La Chapelle

Vincent La Chapelle (1690 or 1703 – 1745) was a French master cook to Phillip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to William IV, Prince of Orange, to John V of Portugal then to Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV of France.


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