Social Victorians/People/Chesterfield

Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Stanhope
  • Earl of Chesterfield
    • George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (29 August 1815 – 1 June 1866)
    • George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (1 June 1866 – 1 December 1871)
    • George Philip Stanhope, 8th Earl of Chesterfield (1 December 1871 – 19 October 1883)
    • Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield (19 October 1883 – 21 January 1887)
    • Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield (21 January 1887 – 24 Jan 1933)
  • Earl Stanhope
    • Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (24 December 1875 – 19 April 1905)
    • James Richard Stanhope, [13th Earl of Chesterfield and] 7th Earl Stanhope (19 April 1905 – 15 August 1967)
  • Viscount Mahon

Demographics edit

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Family edit

  • George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (23 May 1805 – 1 June 1866)
  • Hon. Anne Elizabeth Weld Forester (7 September 1802, d. 27 July 1885)
  1. George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (28 September 1831 – 1 December 1871)
  2. Lady Evelyn Stanhope (3 November 1834 – 25 January 1875)


  • George Philip Stanhope, 8th Earl of Chesterfield (29 November 1822 – 19 October 1883)
  • Marianne Roche (c. 1837 – 18 December 1875)
  1. Philip Laurence John Stanhope (8 December 1857 – 1 September 1860)
  • Catherine Jane Jarvis Bond ( – 3 February 1880)
  • Agnes Payne ()


  • Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield (8 April 1821 – 21 January 1887)
  • Dorothea Hay (c. 1828 – 26 April 1923)
  1. Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield (15 March 1854 – 24 January 1933)
  2. Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope, 11th Earl of Chesterfield (29 May 1855 – 2 November 1935)
  3. Hon. Evelyn Theodore Scudamore-Stanhope (1862 – 9 Nov 1925)


  • Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield (15 March 1854 – 24 January 1933)
  • Hon. Enid Edith Wilson (10 September 1878 – 30 November 1957)


  • Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (13 September 1838 – 19 April 1905)
  • Evelyn Henrietta Pennefather ( – 8 December 1923)
  1. James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope (11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967)
  2. Capt. Hon. Richard Philip Stanhope (16 January 1885 – 15 September 1916)


  • James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope (11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967)
  • Lady Eileen Agatha Browne (3 September 1889 – 18 September 1940)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Timeline edit

1897 July 2, the Earl of Chesterfield attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1900 February 15, Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield and Hon. Enid Edith Wilson married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball edit

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, sat at Table 5. He was not married yet.

Questions and Notes edit

  1. Two 6th Earl Stanhopes?

Bibliography edit

Works Cited on Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's Ball edit

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