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Enid Edith Scudamore-Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (10 September 187830 November 1957) was a British heiress and racehorse breeder. Born at 
On 15 February 1900, at the age of 21, she married in London
Enid Edith Scudamore-Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (10 September 187830 November 1957) was a British heiress and racehorse breeder. Born at Marske Hall
Marske Hall is a 17th-century former mansion house, now a Valorum Care Group residential care home, in Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. It has Grade I listed building status.
The building is constructed of squared stone in t ...
in Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...
, she was the fourth child of Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme
Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (22 April 1833 – 21 October 1907), was a prominent English shipowner who became head of the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. shipping business.
Together with his brother he expanded the activities of the ...
, and Florence Wellesley, daughter of Col. William Wellesley and great-niece to Arthur, Duke of Wellington.
On 15 February 1900, at the age of 21, she married in London Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield
Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, (15 March 1854 – 24 January 1933), styled Lord Stanhope between 1883 and 1887, was a British peer and courtier.
Background and education
Scudamore-Stanhope was the eldest child of H ...
, an eligible bachelor more than twice her age. They lived at Beningbrough Hall
Beningbrough Hall is a large Georgian mansion near the village of Beningbrough, North Yorkshire, England, and overlooks the River Ouse.
It has baroque interiors, cantilevered stairs, wood carving and central corridors which run the length of t ...
in Yorkshire, a property which her father bought for the couple as a belated wedding present. In the early 1920s Lady Chesterfield set up a stud farm
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English ''stod'' meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". Historically, documentation o ...
at Beningbrough Hall
Beningbrough Hall is a large Georgian mansion near the village of Beningbrough, North Yorkshire, England, and overlooks the River Ouse.
It has baroque interiors, cantilevered stairs, wood carving and central corridors which run the length of t ...
and bred thoroughbred racehorse
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
s, one of which called Sun Castle won the 1941 St Leger Stakes
The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a d ...
.
She was the last person to live at Beningbrough Hall where she was from 1917 until her death as a widow in 1957. Her husband the Earl had died in 1933. The couple had no children and Beningbrough was then acquired by the National Trust in lieu of death duties.
Notes and references
1878 births 1957 deaths People from Redcar and Cleveland Daughters of barons English countesses British racehorse owners and breeders {{England-earl-stub