James Banks Stanhope (13 May 1821 – 18 January 1904) was a

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politician.

Family

Stanhope was the son of former MP and British Army officer

James Hamilton Stanhope Colonel James Hamilton Stanhope (1788–1825), was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo. He was a Member of Parliament for Buckingham, 1817–1818, Fowey, 1818–1819, and Dartmouth, 1822–1825. ...

and Lady Frederica-Louisa Murray, daughter of

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Revesby Abbey

Stanhope inherited

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in 1823 from his father but did not succeed to the estate until 1842, however, as he was a minor. By the time he succeeded to the estate, it had fallen into disrepair and had been emptied. In 1843, he commissioned Scottish architect

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to redesign the new abbey in a mixture of Jacobean and

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, also known as

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. The building was demolished in 1844, with its materials sold at auction, to make way for the abbey's third incarnation. During this period, new screen gates and a lodge were added on the south boundary. The estate was then completed in 1846 and, following financial losses from the

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, the estate was passed to Stanhope's elected heir,

Edward Stanhope Edward Stanhope PC (24 September 1840 – 21 December 1893) was a British Conservative Party politician who was Secretary of State for War from 1887 to 1892. Background and education Born in London, Stanhope was the second son of Philip Sta ...

Political career

He was elected MP for

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and held the seat until he stood down in 1868.

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* Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 1821 births 1904 deaths

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