Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (13 September 1838 – 19 April 1905), styled Viscount Mahon from 1855–75, was a

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peer and Conservative Party

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Early life and education

Stanhope was born at 41

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, the eldest son of Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon by his wife Emily Harriet Kerrison, daughter of Gen. Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet. In 1855, upon the death of his grandfather

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, his father succeeded as the 5th Earl Stanhope. He was educated at Harrow through December 1857.

Career

Stanhope, when styled as Viscount Mahon, purchased a commission in the

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in 1858. In 1862, he purchased a captaincy. He served five years as a musketry instructor. Stanhope sat for a few months of 1868 as a Member of Parliament for

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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. Lord Mahon succeeded to the title of Earl Stanhope on the death of his father on 24 December 1875 and entered the House of Lords. He was appointed First Church Estates Commissioner in December 1878, and served as

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from 1890 to 1905.

Marriage and issue

Stanhope married Evelyn Pennefather, daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan,

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by his wife Lady Emily Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall. They had two children: * James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880–1967) *Capt. Hon. Richard Philip Stanhope (16 January 1885 – 15 September 1916), married Lady Beryl le Poer Trench (d. 1957), daughter of William Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty on 13 May 1914, without issue. He was killed at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette. In April 1905, Stanhope underwent major surgery for cancer in London, but died the following afternoon at his Grosvenor Square home, aged 66.

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