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Earl of Chesterfield

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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.


— Earl of Chesterfield


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About Earl of Chesterfield






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He was succeeded in the junior titles attached to the earldom of Stanhope the viscountcy of Stanhope of Mahon and barony of Elvaston by his kinsman the eleventh Earl of Harrington. He was grandson of Rear-Admiral John Stanhope son of Ferdinand Stanhope younger son of the aforementioned Reverend Michael Stanhope. He was succeeded by his third cousin once removed the fifth Earl.

He was a Captain in the Royal Navy. He had already been created Baron Stanhope of Shelford in the County of Nottingham in 1616 also in the Peerage of England. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother the eleventh Earl.

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