George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (28 September 1831 – 1 December 1871), styled Lord Stanhope until 1866, was a British soldier, and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1860 until 1866 when he inherited his peerage and sat in the

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. He was a

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er who played first-class cricket for

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and was the first president of

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Early life

Chesterfield was the only son of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, and the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Weld-Forester, daughter of

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. He was educated at Eton. He played club cricket for I Zingari and for Old Etonians in 1851.

Career

Chesterfield entered the

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and achieved the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards. He retired in 1855. In 1860 he was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottinghamshire South, a seat he held until 1866, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the

Cricket

Lord Chesterfield was one of the pioneers of Derbyshire cricket. In 1857 and in 1859 played for a pre-county Derbyshire side against All England XIs. He also played for I Zingari. In 1860 Chesterfield played first-class cricket for Gentlemen of the North and for

. He also played for Nottingham and All England XIs. In 1861 he played first-class matches again for Northern Gent's and Nottinghamshire. He also turned out for

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and Gentlemen of the Midland Counties. Chesterfield played ten innings in five first-class matches with an average of 13.50 and a top score of 65. In 1870 Chesterfield was one of the founders of

and became the club's first president.

Personal life

In November 1871 Lord Chesterfield stayed at Londesborough Lodge, Scarborough, home to the Earl and Countess of Londesborough with, among others, the

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. Chesterfield, the Prince and the Prince's groom contracted

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from poor plumbing. The Prince recovered while Lord Chesterfield and the Prince's groom both died from the illness. He was unmarried and was succeeded in the earldom by his third cousin, George Stanhope.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chesterfield, George Stanhope, 7th Earl Of 1831 births 1871 deaths People educated at Eton College Nottinghamshire cricketers Deaths from typhoid fever Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs who inherited peerages English cricketers George Gentlemen of the North cricketers 7 Royal Horse Guards officers