Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield was a British politician, diplomat and writer.
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1765
1745 bust of Chesterfield by Roubiliac
Chesterfield's "Phoenix Monument" (1746) in Phoenix Park, Dublin
Portrait of Chesterfield by William Hoare
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, PC, FRS, FSA, known as Philip Stanhope until 1773, was a British politician and diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to Spain, Master of the Mint, J
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
…he and his wife had no children together) Lord Chesterfield acted to protect his hereditary interests by adopting his distant cousin and godson, Philip Stanhope (1755–1815), a descendant of the 1st Earl of Chesterfield, as his heir and successor to the title of Earl of Chesterfield. Chesterfield died on 24 March…
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, 1777
Portrait of his first wife, Anne, by Thomas Gainsborough