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Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl, Viscount Stanhope Of Mahon, Baron Stanhope Of Elvaston — ▪ British politician and scientist born Aug. 3, 1753, London, Eng. died Dec. 15, 1816, Chevening, Kent radical English politician and noted experimental scientist, a brilliant eccentric in both capacities. The second but eldest… … Universalium
Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl, Viscount Stanhope Of Mahon, Baron Stanhope Of Elvaston — ▪ British politician born Jan. 30, 1805, Walmer, Kent, Eng. died Dec. 24, 1875, Bournemouth, Hampshire English politician and historian who was chiefly responsible for the founding of Britain s National Portrait Gallery. Stanhope… … Universalium
Earl Stanhope — (pronounced Stannup ) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 for James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope, the principal minister of King George I, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. Stanhope was the son of… … Wikipedia
Stanhope — This is an English medieval locational surname. It is also one of the most noble of all English surnames, being the family name of the earls of Chesterfield, and yet it is a name with one of the simplest origins. It derives either from the pre… … Surnames reference
Stanhope lens — A Stanhope lens is a simple, one piece microscope invented by Charles, the third Earl of Stanhope. It is a cylinder of glass which has one curved end to refract light while the other flat end is in the focal plane of the other. Because its… … Wikipedia
STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY — born at Chevening, Kent, the eldest daughter of the third Earl of Stanhope, and niece of William Pitt; a woman of unusual force of character and attractiveness; from 1803 to 1806 was, as the confidant and housekeeper of her uncle William Pitt … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Earl of Harrington — is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1742 for the former Secretary of State and then Lord President of the Council, William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington. He had already been created Baron Harrington, of Harrington in… … Wikipedia
Stanhope — ist der Name von: Charles Stanhope, 3. Earl Stanhope (1753–1816), britischer Politiker und Wissenschaftler Edward Stanhope (1840–1893), britischer Politiker Henry FitzRoy Stanhope (ca. 1754 1828), Capt. Hon., Sohn von William Stanhope, 2. Earl… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Earl of Carnarvon — is a title that has been created three times in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Robert Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer. For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1709, see the… … Wikipedia
Stanhope [3] — Stanhope (spr. ßtännöp), 1) James, erster Graf von, engl. Staatsmann, aus der Familie der Grafen von Chesterfield stammend, geb. 1673, gest. 4. Febr. 1721, diente unter Wilhelm III. in Flandern und erwarb sich den Rang eines Obersten. Unter der… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
