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 Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty on 13 May 1914, without issue. He was killed at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.

References

^ Cook & Keith, 'British Historical Facts 1830–1900', 1975 p. 93
^ "No. 24652". The London Gazette. 3 December 1878. p. 6913.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Mahon

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

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany
People	Deutsche Biographie
Other	SNAC

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