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CHESTERFIELD. 235 VII. 1815. 6. George (Stanhope), Eahl op Chesterfield, &c, only s. and li. by 2nd wife, b. 23 May 1805, at Bretby Hall, co. Dorby, mat at Oxford (Cli. Ch.), 22 April 1823 ; Lord of the Bedchamber, 1S2S-30 ; and again (to William IV) July to Nov. 1830; P.O., 1S34 ; Master of the Buckhounds, 183 1-35. He m. 30 Nov. 1S30, Anne Elizabeth, 1st da. of Cecil Weld (Forester), 1st Baron Forester or Willey, by Katherine Mary, da. of Charles (Manners), Duke of RUTLAND, lie d. 1 June 1866, at his house in London. His widow, who was b. 7 Sep. 1802, d. 27 July 1885, aged 82, at Bretby Park. Will, &c„ dat. 17 and 18 March 1SS3, pr. 15 Sep. 1885 above £'118,000. Vm. 18GG. 7. George Philip Cecil Arthur (Stanhope), Earl of Chesterfield, tec, only s. and h., b. 28 Sep. 1831 ; ed. at Eton ; Cornet Horse Guards (Blue), 1819; Lieut, 1853-55 ; M.P. for South Notts, 1SG0-66. Being, together wit h the Prince of Wales, staying at Londesborough Lodge, near Scarborough, they both were attacked with typhoid fever (17 Nov. 1871) of which the Prince, after a aevera illness, recovered, but of which the Earl died unm. at Bretby Hall, 1 Dec. 1871 ,(») aged 40. Will dat. 6 May 1871, proved under £80,000. IX. 1871. S. George Philip (Stanhope), Earl op Chesterfield, &c, cousin and h. mide, being only s. and h. of Charles George Stanhope, Capt. 29th Foot, by Jane, 1st da. of Sir James Galbraith, which Charles George was yst. s. of Rear-Admiral John Stanhope, s. and h. of Ferdinand S., 4th s. of Michael Stanhope, D.D., (abovenamed) 2nd s. of Charles S., the 3rd s. of Arthur S., botli of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, the said Arthur being (as afsd.) 11th s. of Philip, the 1st Earl. He was b. 29 Nov. 1822 ; was Ensign 29th Foot, 1841 ; Lieut, April to July 1812. On 7 July, 1873, Ins claim to the Earldom, &c, was admitted by the House of Lords. He was of Rockwood, near Strabane, co. Tyrone. He m, firstly, S April 1856, Marianne, da. of William Roche. She d. s.p.s., from an over dose of laudanum at the Alma Hotel, Edinburgh, 18 Dec. 1875, and was bur. in the Dean Cemetery there. He jtt, secondly, 7 March 1877, Catherine Jane Jarvis, da. of John Hiklebrand Bond of Belfast. She d. s.p., 3 Feb. 1S80, at Rockwood afsd. He tn. thirdly, 7 Dec. 1SS2, Agnes, da. of James Payne of Manchester. He d. after a long illness, s.p.s., 19 Oct. 1SS3, at Killendarragh, near Liflbrd, co. Donegal. His will pr. at Londonderry, resealed in London, April 1SS4, under £4500 [E. and I.] His widow living at Rockwood afsd. 1888. X. 1883. U. Henry Edwyn Cuandos (Scudamore-Staniiope), Earl of Chesterfield, &c., cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope, afterwards (1827) Scudamoee-Stanuofe, Bart., by Mary, da. of Thomas Dowell of Parkers Well, Devon, which Edwyn Francis was s. and h. of Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, Bart (so cr. 1807)- only s. and h. of Edwin Francis S., only s. and h. of Charles S., 5th s. of another Charles S., the 3rd s. of Arthur S., both of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts (as abovemeutioned) the said Arthur being (as afsd.) 11th s. of Philip, the 1st Earl of Chesterfield. He was b. 8 April and bap. 24 May 1S21 at Teignmouth, Devon, and by Royal lie. 17 Jan. 1827 (granted to his Father) took the name of Scudamore before that of Stanhope ; matrie. at Oxford (Ball. Coll.) 28 June 1838 ; B.A., 1841. He m. 6 Aug. 1851, at St. John's, Edinburgh, Dorothea, 1st da. of Sir Adam Hay, 7th Bart. [S.], by Henrietta Callcnder, da. of William Grant of Congatton, co. Haddington. He d. 21 Jan. 1S87, at the Victoria Hotel, St. Leonards-on-Sea. Will pr. at Hereford, 8 March 1SS7, over £13,000. His widow living 1888. ( a ) His only sister and h., Evelyn, b. 3 Nov. 1834, m. 5 Sep. 1861 (as his 1st wife), Henry Howard Molyneux (Herbert), 4th Earl of Carnarvon, and d. 25 Jany. 1875, leaving issue. To this lady and to her descendants, Bretby and other the estates of the Stanhopes passed, which, considering that they had been inherited as heirs male by this cadet line, to the exclusion of the heirs general of the 1st Earl, some 60 years previously, seems somewhat hard on the future inheritors of this ancient Earldom, who are the undoubted heirs male of the 1st Earl, of whom the present owners are neither the heirs male, nor heirs general.