Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope

Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (13 September 1838 – 19 April 1905), was a British Conservative Party politician. From 1855 to 1875 he was styled Viscount Mahon.

Career

He was a son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope by his wife Emily Harriet Kerrison. As Viscount Mahon, he sat for a few months of 1868 as a Member of Parliament for Leominster and returned to the Commons as member for Suffolk East from 1870 to 1875. He was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations in 1875.[1]

Lord Mahon succeeded to the title of Earl Stanhope on the death of his father on 24 December 1875. He was appointed First Church Estates Commissioner in December 1878,[2] and served as Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1890 to 1905.

Family

He married Evelyn Pennefather, daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan, County Tipperary by his wife Lady Emily Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall. They had two children:

  • James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880–1967)
  • Capt. Hon. Richard Philip Stanhope (16 January 1885 – 15 September 1916), married Lady Beryl le Poer Trench (d. 1957), daughter of William Le Poer Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty on 13 May 1914, without issue. He was killed at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.
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References
  1. Cook & Keith, 'British Historical Facts 1830–1900', 1975 P.93
  2. "No. 24652". The London Gazette. 3 December 1878. p. 6913.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Arthur Walsh
Richard Arkwright		 Member of Parliament for Leominster
1868
With: Richard Arkwright		 Succeeded by
Richard Arkwright
Preceded by
John Henniker-Major
Frederick Snowdon Corrance		 Member of Parliament for East Suffolk
1870–1875
With: Frederick Snowdon Corrance 1870–1874
The Lord Rendlesham 1874–1875		 Succeeded by
The Lord Rendlesham
Frederick St John Barne
Party political offices
Preceded by
Henry Cecil Raikes		 Chairman of the National Union of
Conservative and Constitutional Associations
1875		 Succeeded by
Lord Claud Hamilton
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl Sydney		 Lord Lieutenant of Kent
1890–1905		 Succeeded by
The Marquess Camden
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Philip Stanhope		 Earl Stanhope
1875–1905		 Succeeded by
James Stanhope


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