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  Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield - LoveToKnow 1911
His relative James Stanhope (afterwards first Earl Stanhope), the king's favourite minister, procured for him the place of gentleman of the bedchamber to the prince of Wales.
His maiden speech was youthfully fluent and dogmatic; but on its conclusion the orator was reminded with many compliments, by an honourable member, that he wanted six weeks of his majority, and consequently that he was amenable to a fine of £50o for speaking in the House.
Stanhope, whose politic instinct obliged him to worship the rising rather than the setting sun, remained faithful to the prince, though he was too cautious to break entirely with the king's party.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Philip_Dormer_Stanhope_Chesterfield   (2064 words)

  
 Earls of Harrington - LoveToKnow 1911
Charles Stanhope, 4th earl of Harrington (1780-1851), the eldest son of the 3rd earl, was known as Lord Petersham until he succeeded to the earldom in 1829.
Before the time of the first earl of Harrington the, Stanhope family had held the barony of Stanhope of Harrington, which was created in 1605 in favour of Sir John Stanhope (c.
Sir John was treasurer of the chamber from 1596 to 1616 and was a member of parliament for several years.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Earls_of_Harrington   (749 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Earl of Harrington
Stanhope was the son of John Stanhope of Elvaston and the 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, 1st Earl Stanhope).
In 1967 Lord Harrington also succeeded as eighth Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and eighth Baron Stanhope of Elvaston on the death of his distant relative James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope.
This was according to a special remainder in the latter's patent that allowed these titles to be inherited by the male heirs of the aforementioned John Stanhope, father of the first Earl of Harrington.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Earl_of_Harrington   (477 words)

  
  John Gell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Gell (born at Hopton Hall, near Wirksworth in Derbyshire in 1593, died on 26 October 1671) was a Parliamentarian politician and military figure.
Gell was married in 1611, at the age of 15, to Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Sir Percival Willoughby of Wollaton Hall in Nottinghamshire.
John Gell was rewarded by appointment to the post of High Sheriff of Derbyshire for the year 1635.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Gell   (1005 words)

  
 Stanhope warned against ignoring bushfire findings
Almost four years on, coroner Maria Doogan has handed down her 800-page report, finding Mr Stanhope and his senior ministers knew a potential disaster was approaching but did nothing to ensure the community was adequately warned.
A coroner has slammed the actions of the ACT Chief Minister, John Stanhope, during the Canberra firestorm in 2003.
ACT Chief Minister John Stanhope is resisting calls for his resignation, despite a damning coronial report into his government's handling of the bushfires of early 2003.
www.abc.net.au /news/items/200612/1815137.htm?act   (371 words)

  
 Sir J Floyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1712, it was on Sir John Floyer's advice that the ailing thirty month-old Sam Johnson, suffering from scrofula (tuberculous infection of lymph glands of the neck) was taken by his mother to Westminster Abbey to be touched by Queen Anne for the King's Evil.
The Honourable Charles Stanhope, fourth son of Lord Philip Stanhope and his wife Elizabeth Savile, daughter of the Marquis of Halifax, was born on 6 September 1708.
Sir John Floyer’s relationship with The Honourable Charles Stanhope was clearly a close one, for the elderly physician became a friend and mentor of Charles Stanhope during his teenage years.
www.lichfieldrambler.co.uk /floyer.htm   (2882 words)

  
 Victorian Art in Britain
Stanhope came from an aristocratic, monied background, and was educated, unsurprisingly, at Eton and Oxford.
Stanhope was the uncle and teacher of the painter Evelyn de Morgan nee Pickering (1855-1919).
January 2003, that “Love and The Maiden,” often held to be Stanhope’s masterpiece has been purchased from the Australian collector John Schaeffer, by the Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, for the Californian Palace of the Legion of Honour, a museum overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
www.victorianartinbritain.co.uk /biog/stanhope.htm   (390 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Stanhope is joint Lord of the Manor of Horsforth, Silkstone, Gawber, Thornton, and Skelmanthorpe, with estates situated in the Parishes of Cawthorne, Silkstone, Penistone, Clayton West, Scissett, Thurgoland, Hoylandswaine, Gawber, Barnsley, Denby, Cumberworth, Horsforth, Calverley, Denholme, andc.
Stanhope is Patron of the Vicarages of Cawthorne, Horsforth, and Hoyland-Swaine.
Stanhope, and a copy of that part of the original Frieze of the Parthenon of Athens, which he was the means of recovering, and presenting to the British Museum.
members.tripod.com /~midgley/chap04.html   (3905 words)

  
 Dr. J. Charles Cox - Elvaston St. Bartholomew - page 8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sir John Longvilliers was grandson and heir to Thomas Longvilliers (baron of Edward III.) by his wife Berta, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Markham, son and heir of Richard Markham by Isabel his wife, sister and heiress of Richard de Lexinton, lord of Tuxford.
Sir Michael Stanhope, the seventh in direct descent from the above named Sir John, was the first to reside at Elvaston, as parcel of the estate of the dissolved monastery of Shelford.
Sir John Stanhope, of Elvaston, was knighted in 1607; elected Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire in 18 James I., and also in the first parliament of Charles I. ; he also served for the borough of Leicester in the parliament of the third year of that reign.
website.lineone.net /~jno.blaylock/jcce/jcce8.html   (393 words)

  
 Pepys' Diary: Stanhope, Philip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lord Chesterfield, Phillip Stanhope, was the second Earl of Chesterfield and something of a rogue; notorious for drinking, gambling and an exceeding wild nature.
Edward was first cousin of Oliver Cromwell and one of the regicide judges and signer of the death certificate of Charles I. Edward’s son John was, at the time of the duel, serving under Oliver’s son Henry Cromwell, in Ireland.
As a result of the duel, John Whalley and Chesterfield were committed to the Tower and after a fortnight of incarceration both duelists were released and bound over to Sir Lislebone Long for examination.
www.pepysdiary.com /p/164.php   (672 words)

  
 Spencer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
His style owes a lot to Burne-Jones, yet Stanhope's colour is stronger and less subtle, his drawing is harder and in general the softness and stillness of his master is lacking.
Eve Tempted (1877) is a striking and slightly unnerving interpretation of the serpent in the Garden of Eden whispering into Eve's ear as she stands under the Tree of Knowledge, on a faux-naïf early Renaissance carpet of flowers.
Stanhope was in love with the Tuscan landscape and with Florentine art, and spent the latter part of his life in Florence.
www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/S/Spenc1/Spencer.htm   (145 words)

  
 John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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www.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Roddam_Spencer-Stanhope   (121 words)

  
 The World Today Archive - Crisis for ACT Govt over injecting rooms
Mr Stanhope says the ALP is unhappy about a range of issues, particularly financial accountability.
MARK WILLACY: The problem for Labor is it also voted for the safe injecting room, and Opposition Leader, John Stanhope concedes that even if Labor won power, the issue could cause it the same headaches as it's now causing the Liberals.
JOHN STANHOPE: If the Chief Minister were to resign and there were to be another election for Chief Minister in our Assembly - and that's how it works here in the ACT - I, of course, would be a candidate.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s147757.htm   (699 words)

  
 JOHN STANHOPE CRABTREE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For John, October 1916 started with church parade whilst the Battalion was in reserve.
Several days were spent in training for an attack and the Battalion War Diary notes that, for most of this time, it was raining heavily.
It is probable that John and the other two members of the Battalion killed that day suffered a direct hit and this accounts for why he has no marked grave.
members.aol.com /John1hartley/html/crabtree.htm   (314 words)

  
 Telstra price rises to reap $200m - National - www.theage.com.au
The executive, John Stanhope, also told a Senate committee the company was introducing a 1.7 per cent surcharge on customers who use credit cards to pay their phone bill "because we are able to".
Mr Stanhope, Telstra's group managing director of finance and administration, told the Senate's Environment and Communications Committee that Telstra would reap a large revenue gain from the increased line rental charges.
Mr Stanhope said the extra revenue would be partly offset by an expected $20 million fall in phone call revenue for the 2004-05 financial year.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/05/24/1085389333739.html?from=storyrhs   (465 words)

  
 STANHOPE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HENRY was the forth of six sons and one daughter of JOHN STANHOPE and wife SARAH CAMPION or CAMPAIN of south Rauceby, Lincolnshire.
Henry’s father (Olive's Great Grandfather) JOHN STANHOPE was born at Barkston in 1811 and in the 1841 Census was living at Cliff Row Street, possibly Sumach house.
JOHN STANHOPE 1811 was the son of JOHN STANHOPE and his wife ANNE nee BEET of Barkston.
woodgrange.net /stanhope/henry.htm   (747 words)

  
 jsbellamy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
John Samuel BELLAMY "Jack" was born 16 Sep 1884 in Kirton, LIN, England and was christened 25 Feb 1885 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England.
She did have the birth place of John Stanhope and his parents as England and his birthdate as September 6, 1884.
John S. Bellamy was still living with his parents and was working as a clerk and earning $200 per year.
www3.telus.net /kirbyrd/jsbellamy.htm   (2090 words)

  
 Stanhope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name Stanhope can refer to many places, people, and things.
Earl Stanhope, a hereditary title held by seven people since 1718
The Stanhope undergraduate essay prize at Oxford University (no article yet written).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanhope   (100 words)

  
 Fuller Family of Sussex - pafg64 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Francis Annesley [Parents].Francis married Jane Stanhope in 1628.
Jane Stanhope [Parents].Jane married Francis Annesley in 1628.
Francis Annesley was born on 23 Jan 1628/1629.
www3.sympatico.ca /alloydthomas/Wyon/pafg64.htm   (136 words)

  
 Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Arms, Armour and Alabaster Round Nottingham: St. Peter and St. Paul, ...
THE Stanhopes became owners in Nottinghamshire by the marriage, in the 14th Century, of Sir John Stanhope, of Northumberland, with Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Stephen Manlovel, or Malluvel, of Rampton, co. Notts.
The Stanhopes were staunch to the Royal cause and King Charles I. Sir Philip Stanhope was elevated to the Peerage as Baron Stanhope of Shelford, in 1616, and further advanced to the Earldom of Chesterfield in 1628.
Colonel Michael Stanhope also was killed in the skirmish at Willoughby Field, and is there buried (1648); also Ferdinando (Philip's elder brother), Colonel of horse, fell fighting under the Royal banner at Bridgford in the year 1643.
www.nottshistory.org.uk /fellows1907/shelford.htm   (838 words)

  
 Articles - William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope (1673-1760), an active politician during the reign of George I.
Educated at Eton, William Stanhope entered the army and served in Spain, during the War of the Spanish Succession, but soon he turned his attention to more peaceful pursuits, went on a mission to Madrid and represented his country at Turin.
When peace was made between England and Spain in 1720 Stanhope became British ambassador to the latter country, and he retained this position until March 1727, having built up his reputation as a diplomatist during a difficult period.
www.gaple.com /articles/William_Stanhope,_1st_Earl_of_Harrington?mySession=e1081e9ff665ee4a741beba0e3f06c16   (385 words)

  
 Alexander Thomas Fisk - pafn06 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
His father was Thomas was a lead smelter baptised 28 June 1804 at Stanhope St Thomas, and his mother was named Jane and she was born in Muggleswick in 1804.
In the 1901 census Mary was a widow and born in Stanhope Durham.
This is probably her uncle since there was a John Barron in the household in 1841 and she was a few houses from him in 1851.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~fiski/ft_atf/pafn06.htm   (1812 words)

  
 Sales follow-up & Customer Service Recovery on a Global Scale - NIGHTINGALES INTERNATIONAL
John Stanhope, Managing Director of Nightingales, says "The purpose of our business is to help our clients create and retain customers.
Stanhope says that a sales follow-up gift, and message from the Sales Manager, is more effective than advertising, for producing added product and service sales.
John Goodman, President, Technical Assistance Research Programs (TARP) an Arlington, VA based firm, tells us that research in over 20 countries has found that a customer who receives some compensation will usually be 10-30% more willing to repurchase than someone who received no compensation.
www.ibf.com /bd/nightingales.htm   (774 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Sir John Stanhope and others
He was the son of Sir John Stanhope and Catherine Trentham.
She is the daughter of Captain Lord John Manners and Mary Diana Moore.
She married Alexander Charles Thomas Wriothesley Russell, son of Sir John Wriothesley Russell and Aliki Diplarakos, in 1986.
www.thepeerage.com /p1843.htm   (292 words)

  
 [No title]
Chief Instructor John D Robertson began training in Jiu-Jitsu with the Kirkby Jiu-Jitsu association in 1972.
After leaving school John went into college and also into a management career which saw him travel the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
With the bulk of instruction now in the very capable hands of John W J Robertson 3rd Dan, John D Robertson now takes on the role of advising his Senior Instructor and assisting with the development of the various projects Bushido is currently involved in.
www.angelfire.com /ma4/bushidoma/chiefinst.html   (483 words)

  
 Telstra 'knew' change was needed before Sol | The Australian
But Mr Stanhope said: "I'm annoyed at the suggestion that there was a strategic transformation plan already on foot.
That culminated in the strategy announced by the telco on November 15 last year, on which dramatic progress was being made, Mr Stanhope said.
Despite a lot of negative attention, Mr Stanhope said Telstra was very focused on carrying out the transformation and creating longer term value for shareholders to get the share price heading in the right direction.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20496798-601,00.html   (674 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
John was a huntsman, a bold rider, a hard drinker with a violent temper and speech, but open and warm hearted with good manners, a paternalistic approach.
The carriage which brought Sir John Stanhope home on parole from a French prison also carried Mrs.George Batchelor from Barnsley whose husband was due to be buried in Cawthorne, he had been a coachman at Cannon-Hal1(12, p99).
John was more of private man than Walter, life quietened down in the village after Walter died in 1911(18, p192) John was the country squire (18).
members.tripod.com /~midgley/stanhope.html   (1328 words)

  
 The Descendants of David Lawson and Helen Moore
Their address was shown as Milnchosh which was a farm located north of the Town of Crieff, within the ancient Barony of Callendar and was part of the estates of the Dukes of Perth.
William was a member of the first House of Assembly in 1773, as were his father and brother John.
The story of the Higgins family of Stanhope begins with two brothers, David and Cornelius, who came to the Island of St. John in 1764 or 5, to work in the fisheries.
www.islandregister.com /lawson1.html   (3714 words)

  
 Phryne - John Rodham Spencer Stanhope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Certainly, there is often a greater range of colours in Stanhope's pictures than in Burne-Jones', but their strength often seem to work against the overall mood.
Arguably, his use of colour is one of the factors that puts Stanhope firmly into the class of 'followers' of Burne-Jones (with, for instance, their sometime studio assistant, Strudwick), even though Stanhope was Burne-Jones' senior.
The De Morgan foundation had several pictures by Stanhope, which were on display at Old Battersea House and Cragside, but in 2001 the Foundation put nine of them up for sale, in order to fund a new home for their Evelyn de Morgan's.
www.phryne.com /artists/79-70-02.HTM   (260 words)

  
 John (Of Stanhope) Butt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Could be a son of the mysterious John (son of Stanhope), or another son of Radford I, I suppose.
According to "Colonial Families"* a John Butt did marry a Harriet Portlock, but whether it was THIS John Butt is totally unproven.
John Portlock (1688-1744) married his second wife Sarah ca.
www.allanreagan.com /2202.htm   (606 words)

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