Earl of Harrington
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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 the County of Northampton
, in 1730, and was made Viscount Petersham at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Stanhope was the 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
(who was the grandfather of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
).
Lord Harrington was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was a General in the Army and also represented Bury St Edmunds
in the House of Commons
. His son, the third Earl, was also a General in the Army and sat as Member of Parliament
for Thetford
and Westminster
. His elder son, the fourth Earl, and younger son, the fifth Earl, were both Colonel
s in the Army. The line of the fifth Earl failed on the early death of his son, the sixth Earl, in 1866. The late Earl was succeeded by his first cousin, the seventh Earl. He was the son of the Very Reverend the Hon. FitzRoy Henry Richard, fourth son of the third Earl.
His elder son, the eighth Earl, was a successful polo player. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Earl. his grandson, the eleventh Earl, succeeded his father in 1929. In 1967, he also succeeded as eighth Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and eighth Baron Stanhope of Elvaston on the death of his distant relative James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
, 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. , the titles are held by the eleventh Earl's son, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2009.
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
Wife of David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
, nephew of Queen Elizabeth II end member of the British royal family
is the daughter of the 12th Earl of Harrington
The heir apparent
is the present holder's son William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (b. 1967).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son the Hon. Augustus Stanhope (b. 2005).
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
. It was created in 1742 for the former Secretary of State
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782. Before the Act of Union, 1707, the Secretary of State's responsibilities were in relation to the English government, not the British. Even after the Union, there was...
and then Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval...
, William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...
. He had already been created Baron Harrington, of Harrington
Harrington, Northamptonshire
Harrington is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, administered by Kettering Borough and Northamptonshire County councils. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 154 people. The parish church of St. Peter and St...
in the County of Northampton
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, in 1730, and was made Viscount Petersham at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Stanhope was the 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
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield , son of Sir John Stanhope and his wife Cordell Allington, was an English aristocrat. Stanhope was knighted in 1605 by James I...
(who was the grandfather of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope PC was a British statesman and soldier who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721. He is probably best remembered for his service during War of the Spanish Succession...
).
Lord Harrington was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was a General in the Army and also represented Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Bury St Edmunds is a county constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It elects one Member of Parliament to in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
. His son, the third Earl, was also a General in the Army and sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Thetford
Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868...
and Westminster
Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)
Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707-1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter....
. His elder son, the fourth Earl, and younger son, the fifth Earl, were both Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
s in the Army. The line of the fifth Earl failed on the early death of his son, the sixth Earl, in 1866. The late Earl was succeeded by his first cousin, the seventh Earl. He was the son of the Very Reverend the Hon. FitzRoy Henry Richard, fourth son of the third Earl.
His elder son, the eighth Earl, was a successful polo player. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Earl. his grandson, the eleventh Earl, succeeded his father in 1929. In 1967, he also succeeded as eighth Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and eighth Baron Stanhope of Elvaston on the death of his distant relative James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG, DSO, MC, PC , styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, and known as The Earl Stanhope from 1905 until 1967, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Stanhope was the eldest son of Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, and...
, 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. , the titles are held by the eleventh Earl's son, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2009.
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and a member, by marriage, of the extended British Royal Family. She was born in Limerick, Ireland.-Background:...
Wife of David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
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, nephew of Queen Elizabeth II end member of the British royal family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
is the daughter of the 12th Earl of Harrington
Earls of Harrington (1742)
- William Stanhope, 1st Earl of HarringtonWilliam Stanhope, 1st Earl of HarringtonWilliam Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...
(1683–1756) - William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of HarringtonWilliam Stanhope, 2nd Earl of HarringtonGeneral William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington was a British politician and soldier.The son of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, he took up a military career and joined the Foot Guards in 1741, and was also returned for Aylesbury...
(1719–1779) - Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of HarringtonGeneral Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope....
(1753–1829) - Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 4th Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington was an English peer and man of fashion, styled Viscount Petersham until 1829....
(1780–1851)- Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (1831–1836)
- Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of HarringtonLeicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of HarringtonLeicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington CB was an English peer and soldier, styled Hon. Leicester Stanhope until 1851....
(1784–1862)- Algernon Russell Gayleard Stanhope (1838–1847)
- Seymour Sydney Hyde Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington (1845–1866)
- Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington (1809–1881)
- Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 8th Earl of HarringtonCharles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington , known as Viscount Petersham from 1866 to 1881, was a British peer and successful polo player.-Biography:...
(1844–1917) - Dudley Henry Eden Stanhope, 9th Earl of HarringtonDudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of HarringtonDudley Henry Eden Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington was a British peer.He was the son of Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington and Elizabeth Still de Pearsall....
(1859–1928) - Charles Joseph Leicester Stanhope, 10th Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 10th Earl of HarringtonCharles Joseph Leicester Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington was a British captain and peer.He was the son of Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington and Kathleen Wood....
(1887–1929)- Charles Stanhope (1921–1921)
- William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of HarringtonWilliam Stanhope, 11th Earl of HarringtonWilliam Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington was a British army captain and peer.He was the son of Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington and Margaret Trelawney Seaton....
(1922–2009) - Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (b. 1945)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (b. 1967).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son the Hon. Augustus Stanhope (b. 2005).