Caroline Stanhope, Countess of Harrington was a British socialite and demimondaine. Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of Charles II. After being blackballed by the English social group
Portrait of Lady Caroline FitzRoy by Richard Cosway
General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington,, styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779 when he succeed
Caroline Stanhope, Countess of Harrington
…married William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington on 11 August 1746. Together they had seven children, including Isabella Molyneux, Countess of Sefton and Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington. Lady Caroline and her husband were both notorious for their extramarital affairs, but they chose to stay married to prevent the scandal of divorce…
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, by Joshua Reynolds, c. 1782
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