William Stanhope
1st Earl of Harrington (1742 - 1756)
1st Viscount Petersham (1742 - 1756)
1st Baron Harrington (1730 - 1756)
1st Viscount Petersham (1742 - 1756)
1st Baron Harrington (1730 - 1756)
- Born in 1683
- Deceased on December 8, 1756, at the approximate age of 72 years
Parents
- John Stanhope (1650 - 1692)
- Dorothy Agard (c. 1650 - c. 1705)
Family
- Married in 1718, with Anne Griffith (1700 - ), issuing
- William (1719 - 1779)
Occupations
- Member of Parliament for Derby (1715 - 1722, 1727 - 1730)
- Member of Parliament for Steyning in 1727
- colonel of Harrington's Regiment of Dragoons (1725 - 1730)
- ambassador to Spain (1721 - 1727)
- Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1727 - 1730)
- Lord President of the Council (1742 - 1745)
- lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1746 - 1751)