Arthur Stanhope (1627 – 26 March 1694) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1660 and 1679.

Life

Stanhope was born at Shelford,

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, the son of

Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an English nobleman, aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I in 1628. Biography Stanhope was the only son of Sir John St ...

and his wife Catherine Hastings, daughter of Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings and was baptised on 10 April 1627. He entered

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in 1642. Three older brothers were killed on the

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side in the

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but he tended to support the parliamentary party. He lived at

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which was badly damaged in 1660 when the disintegrating Commonwealth army attacked Nottingham. History of Parliament Online - Stanhope, Arthur
/ref> In 1660, with his uncle and friend Colonel John Hutchinson, Stanhope was elected

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for

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in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Nottingham in 1661 for the

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. Stanhope died at the age of about 66 and was buried at Shelford.

Family

Stanhope married Anne Salusbury, daughter of Sir Henry Salusbury, 1st Baronet, the first of the Salusbury Baronets of Lleweni (1619) with whom he had four children.''Collin's Peerage of England'' by Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J.: in nine volumes: VOL. III 1812: ''Earl of Chesterfield'' p. 432 *Philip Stanhope born 1653, died 1670 *Henry Stanhope born 1654, died 1665 *Charles Stanhope born 1655, died 1712, ancestor of the fifth Earl and succeeding

earls of Chesterfield Earl of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope. He had been created Baron Stanhope, of Shelford in the County of Nottingham, in 1616, also ...

*Catherine Stanhope born 1657, died 1705

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanhope, Arthur Younger sons of earls 1627 births 1694 deaths Politicians from Nottingham

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Members of Gray's Inn English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 People from Rushcliffe (district)