Stanhope
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Places
- Stanhope, VictoriaStanhope, VictoriaStanhope is a small town in north central Victoria, Australia. Stanhope is from Shepparton. It lies north of the state capital Melbourne and south east of Canberra the capital city of Australia...
, Australia - Stanhope, Prince Edward IslandStanhope, Prince Edward IslandStanhope is a Canadian rural community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island.Located within the township of Lot 34, Stanhope's population grows significantly during the summer cottage season; however, the year-round population has been increasing in recent years.Stanhope borders Prince Edward...
, Canada - Stanhope, Quebec, Canada
- Stanhope, County DurhamStanhope, County DurhamStanhope is a small market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley on the north side of Weardale. The A689 trans-Pennine road meets the B6278 road from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge here....
, England, UK - Stanhope, KentStanhope, KentStanhope is a civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England, with a population of 3,833. The estate was built in the 1960s as overspill housing on the southern edge of Ashford.-Development:...
, England, UK - Stanhope, PeeblesshireStanhope, PeeblesshireStanhope is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders region. It is situated in the parish of Drumelzier in Peeblesshire, in the valley of the River Tweed....
, Scotland, UK - Stanhope, IowaStanhope, IowaStanhope is a city in Hamilton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 488 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stanhope is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, US - Stanhope, New JerseyStanhope, New Jersey-Transportation:Route 183 is the main access road that serves the borough. U.S. Route 206 also passes through in the western section and is partially a limited access road which connects to I-80 in neighboring Mount Olive.-Demographics:...
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People
- Anne StanhopeAnne StanhopeAnne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of his nephew King Edward VI, through whom Anne was briefly the most powerful woman in England...
- Charles Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug StanhopeDoug StanhopeDouglas Gene "Doug" Stanhope is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author known for his abrasive comedy routines.-Life and career:Stanhope quit high school after his freshman year...
, comedian - Edward StanhopeEdward StanhopeEdward Stanhope was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:Born in London, Stanhope was the second son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, by his wife Emily Harriet, daughter of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet...
- Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ferdinando StanhopeFerdinando StanhopeFerdinando Stanhope was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1643. He died fighting for the Royalist army during the English Civil War.-Biography:...
- Lady Hester StanhopeLady Hester StanhopeLady Hester Lucy Stanhope , the eldest child of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope by his first wife Lady Hester Pitt, is remembered by history as an intrepid traveller in an age when women were discouraged from being adventurous.-Early life and travels:Lady Hester was born and grew up at her...
, traveller and Arabist - James Stanhope, 1st Earl StanhopeJames Stanhope, 1st Earl StanhopeJames 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...
- James Stanhope, 7th Earl StanhopeJames Stanhope, 7th Earl StanhopeJames 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...
- John Roddam Spencer StanhopeJohn Roddam Spencer StanhopeJohn Roddam Spencer-Stanhope is an English artist associated with Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts and often regarded as a second-wave pre-Raphaelite. His work is also studied within the context of Aestheticism and British Symbolism. As a painter, Stanhope worked in oil, watercolor,...
- Jon StanhopeJon StanhopeJonathan Ronald Stanhope is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He resigned as Chief Minister on 12 May 2011 and as...
, ACT Chief Minister - Mary Stanhope, Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, later married to Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane
- Mark StanhopeMark StanhopeAdmiral Sir Mark Stanhope, GCB, OBE is the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff of the United Kingdom, thus the professional head of the Royal Navy.-Early life:...
(b. 1952), naval officer and First Sea Lord - Michael StanhopeMichael StanhopeMichael Stanhope was born at Shelford Manor. He was the son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and his wife Catherine, daughter of Lord Hastings. Colonel Michael Stanhope was in charge of the Royalist forces at the battle at Willoughby Field, Nottinghamshire. He was killed during the...
- Philip Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
- 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...
- 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...
- Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess LinleySerena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess LinleySerena 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:...
, née the Hon. Serena Stanhope, niece by marriage to Queen Elizabeth II - Walter Spencer Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
Also
- Earl StanhopeEarl StanhopeEarl Stanhope 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 the Hon. Alexander Stanhope, fifth and youngest son of Philip...
, a hereditary title held by seven people since 1718 - Earl of HarringtonEarl of HarringtonEarl 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,...
See also:
- Alexander Stanhope CobbeAlexander CobbeGeneral Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe VC GCB KCSI DSO was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- John Stanhope Collings-WellsJohn Stanhope Collings-WellsLieutenant-Colonel John Stanhope Collings-Wells VC DSO was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Born in Manchester on 19 July 1880 to Arthur & Caroline Mary,...
- Philip Stanhope WorsleyPhilip Stanhope WorsleyPhilip Stanhope Worsley was an English poet.The son of the Rev. Charles Worsley, he was educated at Highgate School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate prize in 1857 with a poem on The Temple of Janus...
- Stanhope Wood NixonStanhope Wood NixonStanhope Wood Nixon was a vice president of the Nixon Nitration Works during the 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster. He later became chairman of the board.-Biography:...
- StanhopeaStanhopeaStanhopea is a genus of the orchid family from Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is Stan. The genus is named for the 4th Earl of Stanhope , president of the Medico-Botanical Society of London...
, a genus of the orchid family. Named after the 4th Earl Stanhope
Miscellaneous
- Stanhope CarStanhope CarThe Twyford Stanhope was an early American car, made from 1904 to 1906 by the Twyford Motor Car Company of Brookville, Pennsylvania. They are very rare, if one can be found. They were named after the Stanhope family.-References:...
1904-1906 Twyford Motor Car Company, Brookville, Penn. - Stanhope (optical bijou)Stanhope (optical bijou)Stanhopes or Stanho-scopes are optical devices that enable the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope. They were invented by René Dagron in 1857. Dagron bypassed the need for an expensive microscope to view the microscopic photographs by attaching the microphotograph at the end of a...
, miniature micro-photographic lenses incorporated into novelty collectibles; popular mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries - The Stanhope HotelStanhope Hotel995 Fifth Avenue is a 16-story co-op condominium building at 995 Fifth Avenue and East 81st Street in New York City, across Fifth Avenue from Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was constructed in 1926 as The Stanhope Apartment Hotel and designed by Rosario Candela...
in New York City - The Spencer-Stanhope familySpencer-Stanhope familySpencer-Stanhope is the family name of British landed gentry who for 200 years held Cannon Hall, a country house in South Yorkshire that since the 1950s has been a museum...
- First Stanhope/Sunderland MinistryFirst Stanhope/Sunderland MinistryRobert Walpole and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend were removed from their positions in the government , and were replaced by James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, who cooperatively led the First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry...
- Second Stanhope/Sunderland MinistrySecond Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry-The Ministry:...
- The Stanhope essay prizeStanhope essay prizeThe Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855.Notable winners include*Arthur Francis Leach * Charles Harding Firth , British historian...
at Oxford University - Stanhope (carriage)Stanhope (carriage)The stanhope was a gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically having a high seat and closed back. It was named after Captain Hon. Henry FitzRoy Stanhope The stanhope was a gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically having a high seat and closed back. It was named after Captain Hon. Henry FitzRoy Stanhope...
, a horse-drawn gig, buggy or light phaeton - Stanhope (railways) The colloquial name for third class passenger vehicles on early British railways - open wagons usually without seats; for further information see Railway Regulation Act 1844Railway Regulation Act 1844The Railway Regulation Act 1844 was a British Act of Parliament introduced as a means of providing a minimum standard for rail passenger travel.-The prior situation:...
- The Stanhope Defense
- Stanhope bodyStanhope bodyStanhope is an archaic car body style characterized by its single bench seat mounted at the center, folding cloth top, and a dashboard at the front. All Stanhopes featured tiller steering, either in the center or at the side...
, light coachwork for early automobiles with center- or rear engines reminding of the Stanhope carriageStanhope (carriage)The stanhope was a gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically having a high seat and closed back. It was named after Captain Hon. Henry FitzRoy Stanhope The stanhope was a gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically having a high seat and closed back. It was named after Captain Hon. Henry FitzRoy Stanhope...
iU.S. By Synnestvedt Machine Co. Pittsburg,Penn. 1904
- Stanhope (Mississippi), a Mississippi Landmark
- Stanhope College, the fictional American college attended by DC Comics character SupergirlSupergirlSupergirl is a female counterpart to the DC Comics Superman. As his cousin, she shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. She first appeared in the Action Comics comic book series and later branched out...
as Linda Lee Danvers, her secret identity.- Stanhope Boarding School, the fictional American high school attended by Supergirl in the alternate continuity Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade.