Alexander Stanhope
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Hon. Alexander Stanhope (1638 – 20 September 1707) Esquire and English envoy at Madrid to the Earl of Manchester. He was the yougest son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and Anne Pakington. He married Catherine Burghill, daughter of Arnold Burghill of Thingehill Parva. They had several children, including:
[edit] Children
- James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (b 1674 – 5 February 1721) married 24 February 1713 Lucy Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc
- Mary Stanhope (b. abt. 1686 – 30 August 1762) married 12 December 1707) Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane
[edit] References
- Stanhope, Alexander, and Philip Henry Stanhope. Spain Under Charles the Second; Or, Extracts from the Correspondence of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope, British Minister at Madrid. 1690-1699. From the Originals at Chevening. London: J. Murray, 1840. googlebooks.com Accessed November 22, 2007
- Chambers, Ephraim. Chambers's Encyclopædia A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1870. googlebooks Accessed November 22, 2007
