European Heraldry

House of Stanhope

Barons Stanhope of Harrington (1605-1675)

• John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope (d.1620)
• Charles Stanhope, 2nd Baron Stanhope (1595–1675)

Barons Stanhope of Shelford (1616-1967)
Earls of Chesterfield (1628-1967)
Stanhope, later Scudamore-Stanhope of Stanwell, Baronets (1883-1952)

• Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, 1st Baron Stanhope (1584–1656), grandson of the elder brother of John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope.
• Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714)
• Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (1672–1726)
• Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield KG (1694–1773), married in 1733 Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham, an illegitimate daughter of George I by Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal and Munster but died without issue.
• Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield KG (1755–1815)
• George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (1805–1866)
• George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (1831– 1871)
• George Philip Stanhope, 8th Earl of Chesterfield (1822–1883)
• Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield (1821–1887)
• Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield KG (1854–1933)
• Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope, 11th Earl of Chesterfield (1855–1935)
• Edward Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield (1889–1952)
• James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield, 7th Earl Stanhope KG (1880–1967)

Stanhope, later Scudamore-Stanhope of Stanwell, Baronets (1807–1952)

• Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet (1754–1814)
• Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet (1793–1874)
• Sir Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 3rd Baronet, 8th Earl of Chesterfield (1821–1887), fourth cousin of 7th Earl of Chesterfield

See above


Scudamore of Holme Lacy, Baronets (1620)
Viscounts Scudamore, in the Peerage of Ireland (1628–1716)

• Sir John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore and Baron Dromore, 1st Baronet (1601–1671)
• John Scudamore, 2nd Viscount Scudamore (c.1650–1697)
• James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (1684–1716), his estates devolved to Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet (1793–1874) as the senior male heir of the father of 1st Viscount Scudamore. Sir Edwyn assumed the name and arms of Scudamore by Royal Licence in 1815 on inheriting from Frances Scudamore (1750–1820), Duchess of Norfolk, granddaughter of 3rd Viscount Scudamore.

Countess of Chesterfield (1660-1667)

• Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1609-1667), born eldest daughter to Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton and married Henry, Lord Stanhope (d.1634) eldest son of 1st Earl of Chesterfield and mother of Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714). Married Jehan van der Kerckhove, Lord of Heenvliet (d. 1660) in 1641 and married (d.1664), eldest son of Con MacNiall O'Neill, Lord of Clandeboye in 1660. Charles II created her Countess of Chesterfield in recognition of her service.

Baron Wotton, 2nd creation (1650-1683)
Earl of Bellomont, in the Peerage of Ireland (1680-1683)

• Charles Henry Kirkhoven, 1st Baron Wotton, 1st Earl of Bellomont (1643-1683), son of Jehan van der Kerckhove, Lord of Heenvliet and Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield.

Barons Wotton, 1st creation (1603–1630)

• Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton (1548–1626)
• Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton (1587–1630)

Viscounts Stanhope of Mahon in the Island of Minorca (1717)
Earls Stanhope (1718-1967)

• James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope and Baron Stanhope of Elvaston (1673–1721), son of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope, fifth and youngest son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield.
• Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714–1786)
• Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816)
• Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781–1855)
• Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875)
• Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (1838–1905)
• James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield, 7th Earl Stanhope KG (1880–1967)

Baron Weardale (1906-1923)

• Philip James Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale (1847–1923), son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope.

Barons Harrington of Harrington (1730)
Earls of Harrington (1742)
Viscounts Stanhope of Mahon in the Island of Minorca (1717)

• William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington and Viscount Petersham, 1st Baron Harrington of Harrington (1683–1756), son of John Stanhope of Elvaston and the great-grandson of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, younger half-brother of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield.
• William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington (1719–1779)
• Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753–1829)
• Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington (1780–1851)
• Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington(1784–1862)
• Seymour Sydney Hyde Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington (1845–1866)
• Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington (1809–1881)
• Earl of Harrington (1844–1917)
• Dudley Henry Eden Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington (1859–1928)
• Charles Joseph Leicester Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington (1887–1929)
• William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington, 8th Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and Baron Stanhope of Elvaston by a special remainder in the latter's patent that allowed these titles to be inherited by the male heirs of the aforementioned John Stanhope, father of the first Earl of Harrington (1922–2009)
• Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (b. 1945)