Sir Walter Thomas William Spencer-Stanhope (21 December 1827 – 17 November 1911) was a British

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politician and

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officer.

Background

He was the eldest son of

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and grandson of Walter Spencer-Stanhope (see

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). His mother was Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmina, daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester.

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was his younger brother.

Military career

Spencer-Stanhope was a

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in the part-time 2nd West Riding Yeomanry and raised the 36th (Rotherham) Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps during the invasion scare of 1859–60. When the Rifle Volunteers in

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and

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were brought together into an administrative battalion he was appointed lieutenant-colonel in command; this later became the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.''Army List''. Lieutenant-Colonel Stanhope was promoted to

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on 1 July 1881, was awarded a CB for his Volunteer work in 1887, and received the

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(VD) in 1892. He finally retired from the command in 1895 and became Honorary Colonel of the battalion. He was knighted ( KCB) in 1904.''London Gazette'', 21 June 1904.
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Political career

Spencer-Stanhope was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for the southern division of the West Riding of Yorkshire in an 1872 by-election, a seat he held until 1880.

Family

Spencer-Stanhope married Elizabeth Julia, daughter of

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, in 1856. They had eleven children: John Montague (b. 1860), Walter (b. 1861), Edward Collingwood (b. 1863), Hugh (b. 1864), Philip Bertie (b. 1868),

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, Cecily Winifrid (who helped her father design the ballroom at the family seat of

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and "Fairyland" in the pleasure grounds of the estate), Margaret Isabella, Alice Mildred, Winifrid Julia, and an infant daughter who did not survive. Elizabeth Julia died in September 1880. Spencer-Stanhope survived her by over 30 years and died in November 1911, aged 83.

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Spencer Stanhope Mausoleum.
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880