James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
Philip Dormer Chesterfield, 4th Earl of.
Charles , 3rd Earl. 1753–1816, British radical politician and scientist. His inventions included two calculating machines, a microscope lens, and a stereotyping machine
his grandfather, James , 1st Earl. 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman; George I's chief minister (1717–21). He fought under Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) and negotiated the Triple Alliance with France and Holland (1717)
1795–1805; named after Fitzroy Stanhope (1787–1864), British clergyman
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A few days after Ethelberta’s reception at Enckworth, an improved stanhope, driven by Lord Mountclere himself, climbed up the hill until it was opposite her door.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
The stanhope is in the coach-house, but the by-road was so full of stumps and cradle-hills, it was impossible to drive in it, and the moths have eaten the lining out.
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Away she went, harness, shafts, and all, leaving the stanhope in the ditch, and sending Jack and me flying, like experimental fifty-sixes in the marshes at Woolwich, halfway across the meadow.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
She rode beside him in his stanhope, and she wore his bouquets and read his books, such as were intended for reading; and alas for her figure, she ate his candy.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
Then he mounted the stile, and entered the field, a gun in his hand, which the groom had handed him from the stanhope.
From A Soldier's Son by Butler, Maude M.
"It was raining, we were all in the tent playing cards with the gang, then we heard shouting," camper Matthew Stanhope told The Age newspaper, saying he and his friends ran to a nearby hill.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Two deals Corient struck over the past year, for European firm Stanhope Capital Group and Stonehage Fleming, added more than $200 billion in assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
For fans of Brenda Blethyn’s Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope of the Northumberland and City Police, 14 seasons was not enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Chan, of Stanhope Avenue in Finchley, will be sentenced on 23 January.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Kay Turner was marrying Percy Stanhope next month.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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