Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield

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Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-Sept.12,1656), son of Sir John Stanhope and his wife Cordell Allington, was an English aristocrat.

He was married in 1605 to Cathrine, daughter of Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings. He was the great-grandson of Anne Stanhope (1497-1587), the wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1506-1552). He was knighted in 1605 by James I and made Baron Stanhope of Shelford. He was made 1st Earl of Chesterfield in 1628 by Charles I. He was succeeded by his grandson, also Philip.