Social Victorians/People/Chesterfield

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • 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 | edit source]

  • Nationality:

Family[edit | edit source]

  • 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 | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

  1. Two 6th Earl Stanhopes?

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Works Cited on Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's Ball[edit | edit source]

  • [Morn Post]