Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington, CB, styled The Honourable Leicester Stanhope until 1851, was an English peer and soldier.
Front View of Harrington House, 1852
Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington, was a society hostess and heiress who served as a lady of the Bedchamber to the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington
…1851, was an English peer and soldier. Leicester Stanhope was born in Dublin in 1784, the third son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, and Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (née Fleming). Stanhope became a Cornet and Sublieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards on 1 October 1799. He was promoted lieutenant on 20 October…
The stylish Lady Harrington walking in pastoral nature by Joshua Reynolds c. 1775. Now at Harewood House
Countess of Harrington displaying an "air of icy self-confidence", as depicted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in c. 1778–1779.
Lady Harrington with her sons, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.