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Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope

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The Right Honourable
The Earl Stanhope

Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (13 September 1838 – 19 April 1905), was a British Conservative Party politician. From 1855 to 1875 he was styled Viscount Mahon. He sat for a few months of 1868 as a Member of Parliament for Leominster and returned to the Commons as member for Suffolk East from 1870 to 1875. He was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations in 1875.[1]

Viscount Mahon succeeded to the title of Earl Stanhope on the death of his father on 24 December 1875. He married Evelyn Pennefather, daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan, County Tipperary and Lady Emily Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall. He was succeeded by his son, James Richard Stanhope.

He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1890 to 1905.

Styles of address

  • 1838-1855: The Honourable Arthur Philip Stanhope
  • 1855-1868: Viscount Mahon
  • 1868: Viscount Mahon MP
  • 1868-1870: Viscount Mahon
  • 1870-1875: Viscount Mahon MP
  • 1875-1905: The Right Honourable The Sixth Earl Stanhope

References

  1. ^ Cook & Keith, 'British Historical Facts 1830-1900', 1975 P.93
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leominster
1868
With: Richard Arkwright 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Suffolk
1870–1875
With: Frederick Snowdon Corrance 1870–1874
The Lord Rendlesham 1874–1875 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the National Union of
Conservative and Constitutional Associations
1875 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Kent
1890–1905 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl Stanhope
1875–1905 		Succeeded by


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