Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (February 3, 1673 – January 27, 1726) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield PC was a peer in the peerage of England.-Personal life:He was the son of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope and his wife, Katherine Wotton. He inherited the title of Earl of Chesterfield on the death of his grandfather in 1656...

, by his third wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Dormer

Elizabeth Dormer Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield

Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield was the third wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.Lady Elizabeth was the daughter of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon. She had two sons by the Earl of Chesterfield: Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and Charles Stanhope....

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In 1692, Stanhope married Lady Elizabeth Savile, daughter of the Marquess of Halifax

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax PC was an English statesman, writer, and politician.-Family and early life, 1633–1667:...

. They had one surviving son , Philip (the 4th Earl). His work as a writer was well known after his death. Many essays to his son were published after his death.
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