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Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield by William Hoare Eugenia Stanhope, the impoverished widow of Chesterfield's illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope , was the first to publish the book Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), which comprises a thirty-year correspondence in more than 400 letters.
Elizabeth died in 1665, and he married a third time to the second daughter of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, Lady Elizabeth Dormer, who finally provided him with two sons. [1] According to Samuel Pepys, Chesterfield was a ladies' lord, and had been one of the many lovers of Barbara Villiers, the most notorious mistress of King Charles II.
Earl of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of England.It was created in 1628 for Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope.He had been created Baron Stanhope, of Shelford in the County of Nottingham, in 1616, also in the Peerage of England.
Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (3 February 1673 – 27 January 1726) was an English peer. He was the eldest son of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, by his third wife, Lady Elizabeth Stanhope. In 1692, Stanhope married Lady Elizabeth Savile, daughter of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.
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Stanhope was the second son of Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield and his wife Lady Elizabeth Savile, daughter of the Marquess of Halifax. He was the brother of Philip Dormer, Lord Stanhope Hon. Charles Stanhope, and Hon. John Stanhope. He married Susanna Rudge, daughter of John Rudge of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire on 27 April 1721.
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, statesman and man of letters, lived at the Ranger's House, Chesterfield Walk, Greenwich. [4] Composer and conductor Christopher D. Cook, born and raised in Charlton; Actor Dominic Cooper, born in Greenwich [5] Jim Davidson, comedian and actor was born in Kidbrooke
Vincent La Chapelle (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ la ʃapɛl]; 1690 or 1703 – 14 July 1745) was a French master cook who is known to have worked for Phillip Dormer Stanhope (4th Earl of Chesterfield) and William IV, Prince of Orange.