James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was a British Army officer, politician, diplomat and peer who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721. He was also the last Chancellor of the Exchequer to sit in the House of Lords.
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1705–1710
Stanhope fought to put the Allied candidate Archduke Charles of Austria on the Spanish throne
1718 portrait by Johan van Diest.
Chevening, the Seat of the Rt. Honble. James Stanhope Earl Stanhope, Visct Stanhope of Mahone & Baron of Elvaston, Principal Secretary of State, and one of his Majesties most Honble. Privy Councel. An engraving of Stanhope's Chevening by Johannes Kip (Amsterdam 1652/53-1722) after Thomas Badeslade (d.1742), published by John Harris in his History of Kent, London, 1719.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within His Majesty's Government, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Budget box or Gladstone box, c. 1860
Image: Bishop Walter Stapledon Exeter Cathedral
Image: William Catesby, memorial brass
