Sydney Seymour Hyde Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington (27 September 1845 – 22 February 1866) was an English peer. Born Mr Sydney Seymore Hyde Stanhope at

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, Stanhope was the second son of

Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington, CB (2 September 17847 September 1862), styled The Honourable Leicester Stanhope until 1851, was an English peer and soldier. Early life Leicester Stanhope was born in Dublin in 1784, ...

and Elizabeth Williams Green, and only became heir to his father's peerage following the premature death of his brother Algernon Russell Gayleard Stanhope (1838–1847). Stanhope inherited the Earldom in 1862, at the age of 16, following the death of his father. Lord Harrington died 22 February 1866, aged 20; unmarried and without issue. He was succeeded by his first cousin Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington.

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