Philip Stanhope
Earl of Chesterfield
- Born on November 10, 1755
- Deceased on August 29, 1816, at the age of 60 years
Family
- Married in October 1798, with Lady Henrietta Thynne (1762 - 1813), issuing
- George (1805 - 1866)
Occupations
- master of the Mint (1789 - 1790)
- postmaster general (1790 - 1798)
- master of the Horse (1798 - 1804)
- lord-lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1781 - 1782)
- privy counsellor
Distinctions
- most noble order of the Garter
- fellowship of the Royal Society