Stanhope may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Stanhope essay prize The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford, by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855. Notable winners Notable Stanhope Prize winners: * John Richard Magrath, 1860 * Francis J ...

, at Oxford University * Stanhope College, a fictional college attended by Supergirl

People

* Stanhope (name), a surname and given name *

Earl Stanhope Earl Stanhope ()Debrett's Correct Form, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1976, pg 408 was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The earldom was created in 1718 for Major General James Stanhope,Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Chevening', in The History and To ...

, a hereditary title held by seven people since 1718 *

Spencer-Stanhope family Spencer-Stanhope is the family name of British landed gentry who for 200 years held Cannon Hall, a country house in South Yorkshire that since the 1950s has been a museum. The hyphenated form of the name is more common in British orthography, ...

, a family of British landed gentry *

Earl of Harrington Earl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1742. History The earldom of Harrington was granted in 1742 to William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington, the former Secretary of State and then Lord President of ...

, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Places

Australia

Stanhope, Victoria Stanhope is a town in north central Victoria, Australia. Stanhope is from Shepparton. It lies north of the state capital Melbourne and south west of Canberra the capital city of Australia. At the , Stanhope had a population of 828. History ...

, Australia * Stanhope Gardens, New South Wales, Australia

Canada

Stanhope, Prince Edward Island Stanhope is a Canadian rural community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. Administratively, it is part of the Rural Municipality of North Shore, Prince Edward Island, North Shore. Located within the township of Lot 34, Prince Edward Isl ...

, Canada *

Stanhope, Quebec Stanhope is a Canadian village and community of Coaticook, Coaticook RCM, in the Estrie region of Quebec. Its population is less than 200 residents. History The village was a separate community in the 1890s which later became part of Coaticook ...

, Canada *

Stanhope, Newfoundland and Labrador Stanhope is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Geography Stanhope is in Newfoundland within Subdivision F of Division No. 8. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 ...

, Canada

UK

* Stanhope, County Durham, England *

Stanhope, Kent Stanhope is a small urban civil parish and neighbourhood of Ashford in the Ashford borough of Kent, England. It is a residential estate built in the 1960s on the southern edge of the town. It is currently the subject of phased re-development and ...

, England * Stanhope, Peeblesshire, Scotland

United States

Stanhope, Iowa Stanhope is a city in Hamilton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 364 at the time of the 2020 census. History Stanhope was laid out in 1883. It was named for Lady Hester Stanhope, a British traveler and author. Another theory for th ...

Stanhope, Kentucky Stanhope is an unincorporated community within Webster County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bord ...

* Stanhope, New Jersey *

Stanhope, Ohio Stanhope is an unincorporated community in Ashtabula and Trumbull counties, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a popu ...

* Stanhope, a Mississippi landmark *

Stanhope Hotel 995 Fifth Avenue is a 16-story co-op apartment building at 995 Fifth Avenue and East 81st Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, across Fifth Avenue from Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Fifth Avenue building ...

, in New York City

In transportation

Stanhope (carriage) The stanhope was a gig, buggy, or light phaeton, typically having a high seat for one person and closed back. It was named after Captain Hon. Henry FitzRoy Stanhope (ca. 1754 - 1828, son of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington), a well-known ...

, a horse-drawn gig, buggy or light phaeton *

Stanhope (railways) The Railway Regulation Act 1844 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing a minimum standard for rail passenger travel. It provided compulsory services at a price affordable to poorer people to enable them to travel to find w ...

, third class passenger vehicles on early British railways *

Stanhope body In automotive use, the Stanhope is a car body style characterized by its single bench seat mounted at the center, folding cloth top, and a dashboard at the front. These vehicles were built from approximately 1900 to 1910. The design was derived ...

, a car body style ** Stanhope, an automobile manufactured from 1904 to 1906 by the

Twyford Motor Car Company Introduction Robert E. Twyford had an important role in the development of the automobile. He originally started out as a building contractor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but later turned to developing automobiles. In 1900, the patent office gr ...

Other uses

* Stanhope (optical bijou), a type of photographic lens used in novelty collectibles * '' Stanhopea'', a genus of the orchid family *

Stanhope plc Stanhope may refer to: In arts and entertainment * Stanhope essay prize, at Oxford University * Stanhope College, a fictional college attended by Supergirl People * Stanhope (name), a surname and given name * Earl Stanhope, a hereditary title ...

, English property developer *

Stanhope press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the c ...

, an early cast iron printing press * First Stanhope–Sunderland Ministry, in British history *

Second Stanhope–Sunderland Ministry The second Stanhope–Sunderland ministry (1718–1721) was a continuation of the British Whig government headed by The Earl of Sunderland and The Earl Stanhope. These had taken power in 1717 to form the First Stanhope–Sunderland ministr ...

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