Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope,, styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was an English antiquarian and Tory politician. He held political office under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and
Lord Mahon, 1846
Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope FRS, was an English aristocrat, chiefly remembered for his role in the Kaspar Hauser case during the 1830s.
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
…1840s but is best remembered for his contributions to cultural causes and for his historical writings. Born at Walmer, Kent, Stanhope was the son of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, and the Hon. Catherine Stanhope, daughter of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1827. Stanhope…
Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, wearing his peerage robes and holding an earl's coronet, portrait c. 1825