James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
| The Right Honourable The Earl Stanhope KG DSO MC PC | |
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| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 16 June 1936 – 27 May 1937 | |
| Monarch |
Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Hon. William Ormsby-Gore |
| Succeeded by | Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt |
| President of the Board of Education | |
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In office 28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Hon. Oliver Stanley |
| Succeeded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
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In office 21 February 1938 – 14 May 1940 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Halifax |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Caldecote |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
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In office 27 October 1938 – 3 September 1939 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Duff Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Winston Churchill |
| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Runciman of Doxford |
| Succeeded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1880 |
| Died | 15 August 1967 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Eileen Browne (1889–1940) |
James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG DSO MC PC (11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967), 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 Evelyn Henrietta (née Pennefather), daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan, County Tipperary and Lady Emily Butler. The Hon. Edward Stanhope and Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale, were his uncles.[1]
Political career
Stanhope entered the House of Lords on the death of his father in 1905, and made his maiden speech in November 1909.[2] He held his first office as Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office under David Lloyd George between 1918 and 1919. In 1924 he was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty under Stanley Baldwin, a post he held until the Conservatives lost power in 1929. The latter year he was also sworn of the Privy Council.[3] After the formation of the National Government in 1931 he served under Ramsay MacDonald as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty in 1931, as Under-Secretary of State for War between 1931 and 1934 and as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the last year under the premiership of Stanley Baldwin. In 1934 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
He entered the cabinet in June 1936 when Baldwin appointed him First Commissioner of Works. When Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister in May 1937 Stanhope was made President of the Board of Education, and in February 1938 he also succeeded Lord Halifax as Leader of the House of Lords. In October 1938 he became First Lord of the Admiralty while continuing as Leader of the House of Lords. After the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, he was succeeded as First Lord of the Admiralty by Winston Churchill and appointed Lord President of the Council. He remained as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President until Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940. However, he did not serve in the Churchill coalition government and never returned to ministerial office. He made his last speech in the House of Lords in December 1960.[2]
Styles of address
- 1880-1905: Viscount Mahon
- 1905-1916: The Rt Hon. The Earl Stanhope
- 1916-1917: The Rt Hon. The Earl Stanhope MC
- 1917-1929: The Rt Hon. The Earl Stanhope DSO MC
- 1929-1934: The Rt Hon. The Earl Stanhope DSO MC PC
- 1934-1967: The Rt Hon. The Earl Stanhope KG DSO MC PC
Family
Lord Stanhope married Lady Eileen (1889–1940), the eldest daughter of George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo, and Agatha Stewart Hodgson, granddaughter of William Forsyth. They had no children. She died in September 1940, aged 51. In 1952 Stanhope succeeded his kinsman the 12th Earl of Chesterfield as 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Baron Stanhope, but never used the more senior earldom of Chesterfield, and continued to be known as The Earl Stanhope. Lord Stanhope died in August 1967, aged 86. On his death the earldoms and the barony of Stanhope became extinct, whereas the viscountcy of Stanhope of Mahon and the barony of Stanhope of Elvaston passed to his nearest heir, the 11th Earl of Harrington.[1] Lord Stanhope left his country seat Chevening to the nation.
Arms
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References
- 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "thepeerage.com James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope". The Peerage.
- 1 2 hansard-millbanksystem.com James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33492. p. 3003. 7 August 1929.
External links
- Lundy, Darryl. "thepeerage.com Photograph of Lord Stanhope at thepeerage.com". The Peerage.