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    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...
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    4th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, PC (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time...
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  • Look up Chesterfield or chesterfield in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chesterfield may refer to: Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan...
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    Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield PC FRS (1634 – 28 January 1714) was a peer in the peerage of England. He was the son of Henry Stanhope, Lord...
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    Chesterfield House was a grand London townhouse built between 1747 and 1752 by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), statesman and man...
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    seat is Chesterfield Court House. Chesterfield County was formed in 1749 from parts of Henrico County. It was named for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield...
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    Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. In 1717, James Stanhope had been raised to the peerage as Viscount Stanhope, of Mahón in the Island of Minorca, and...
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    Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield KG, PC, FRS, FSA (10 November 1755 – 29 August 1815), known as Philip Stanhope until 1773, was a British politician...
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    1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an English nobleman, aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by...
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    second wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield. Elizabeth was born on 29 June 1640 at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland, the eldest daughter of James Butler...
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    attributed to its namesake George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, then a leader of British fashion. The Chesterfield coat, with its heavy waist suppression...
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    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...
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    George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, PC (23 May 1805 – 1 June 1866), styled Lord Stanhope until 1815, was a British Tory politician, courtier and...
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    Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, GCVO, PC (15 March 1854 – 24 January 1933), styled Lord Stanhope between 1883 and 1887...
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    A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, chesterfield, or davenport, is a cushioned item of furniture for seating multiple people (although it is not uncommon...
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    George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (28 September 1831 – 1 December 1871), styled Lord Stanhope until 1866, was a British soldier...
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    Countess of Chesterfield (1658 – 24 October 1677) was the daughter of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon and his wife Elizabeth, and the third wife of Philip...
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  • Earl of Chesterfield was launched in 1781 as an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1794...
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    the creator of Gothic fiction noted the importance of manners for social advancement. Walpole's knowledge of the Earl of Chesterfield's emphasis upon...
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  • Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield (9 February 1889 – 2 August 1952), was an English nobleman. He was the only son of The Honorable Evelyn Theodore...
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  • of Chesterfield (indicating the wife of the Earl of Chesterfield) may refer to: Catherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1636), first wife of...
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  • 1883) was the 8th Earl of Chesterfield, succeeding to the title on the death of his third cousin, the 7th Earl, in 1871. He was the son of George Charles...
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  • Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield, DL, JP (8 April 1821 – 21 January 1887) was a British peer. He was the eldest of four sons of Sir Edwyn Francis...
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    Chevening (category Buildings of the Government of the United Kingdom)
    uncle of William Pitt the Elder. Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope, was tutored by the 4th Earl of Chesterfield and became a distinguished patron of science...
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    the death of Edward Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield, in 1952, Lord Stanhope inherited the peerage titles Earl of Chesterfield and Baron...
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  • 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584–1656), English peer Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714), English peer, grandson of the 1st Earl Philip...
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  • 1769–1784 Hon. Charles Cadogan 1784–1789 The Earl of Effingham 1789–1790 The Earl of Chesterfield 1790–1794 The Earl of Leicester 1794–1799 Sir George Yonge,...
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  • great-grandson of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, younger half-brother of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (who was the grandfather of James Stanhope...
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    1760), who married William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, and had issue. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720 – 2 October 1764) Lord George...
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    Overcoat (category History of clothing (Western fashion))
    attributed to its namesake George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, then a leader of British fashion. The Chesterfield coat, with its heavy waist suppression...
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