Charles Joseph Leicester Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington MC, DL (9 October 1887 – 16 November 1929), was a British captain and peer. He was the son of Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington, and Kathleen Wood. He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 13 November 1928. Harrington was a captain in the

15th Hussars The 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First raised in 1759, it saw service over two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars into the 15th/19th The King's Roy ...

, Reserve of Officers and was awarded the

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) Other ranks (UK), other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth of ...

. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

Family

Harrington married Margaret Trelawney Seaton, daughter of Major H. H. D. Seaton, on 23 April 1919. They had two children: *Charles Stanhope (19 January 1921 – 23 January 1921) * William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009) Lord Harrington died on 16 November 1929 at age 42.

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* 1887 births 1929 deaths 10 Recipients of the Military Cross Deputy lieutenants of Derbyshire British Army personnel of World War I 15th The King's Hussars officers

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

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