William Stanhope (1702–1772)

Hon. Sir William Stanhope KB (1702–72), of Eythrope, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician.

He was born the second son of Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield and inherited large estates in Buckinghamshire. He was created a Knight of the Bath in 1725.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Lostwithiel 26 January – 5 August 1727 and for Buckinghamshire in 1727–1741 and 1747–1768.[1]

He died at Dijon, France in 1772. He had married 3 times; firstly Susanna, the daughter of John Rudge, M.P., of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire, with who he had a daughter, secondly Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Ambrose Crowley, MP and thirdly Anne Hussey, the daughter of Francis Blake Delaval, MP.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Henry Parsons
Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
January–August 1727
With: Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt
Succeeded by
Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt
Darrell Trelawny
Preceded by
Montague Garrard Drake
Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
1727 1741
With: Richard Hampden 1727–28
Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt 1729–41
Succeeded by
Richard Lowndes
Richard Grenville-Temple
Preceded by
Richard Grenville-Temple
Richard Lowndes
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
1747 1768
With: Richard Lowndes
Succeeded by
Richard Lowndes
The Earl Verney


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