Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington
Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington, known as Viscount Petersham from 1866 to 1881, was a British peer and successful polo player.
A studio portrait of the 8th Earl
"Yeoman-like Polo" As depicted by "Lib" (Libero Prosperi) in Vanity Fair, 19 September 1891
The 8th Earl crossing the River Trent with the South Notts Hounds – picture dated 19 April 1890
Ingestre Hall is a Grade II* 17th-century Jacobean mansion situated at Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Formerly the seat of the Earls Talbot and then the Earls of Shrewsbury, the hall is now owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and is in use as a residential arts and conference centre.
Ingestre Hall
Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire, from behind the beech hedge