Earl of Chesterfield,in the County of Derby,was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Philip Stanhope,1st Baron Stanhope. He had been created Baron Stanhope,of Shelford in the County of Nottingham,in 1616,also in the Peerage of England. Stanhope's youngest son,the Hon. Alexander Stanhope,was the father of James Stanhope,1st Earl Stanhope,while his half-brother Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston was the great-grandfather of William Stanhope,1st Earl of Harrington.
Archibald Philip Primrose,5th Earl of Rosebery,1st Earl of Midlothian,was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father,in 1851,and the death of his grandfather,the 4th Earl of Rosebery,in 1868,he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.
Earl Stanhope was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The earldom was created in 1718 for Major General James Stanhope,a principal minister of King George I,with remainder to the heirs male of his body. He was the son of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope,fifth and youngest son of Philip Stanhope,1st Earl of Chesterfield. In 1717,James Stanhope had been raised to the peerage as Viscount Stanhope,of Mahón in the Island of Minorca,and Baron Stanhope,of Elvaston in the County of Derby,with special remainder,failing heirs male of his body,to his second cousin John Stanhope of Elvaston and the heirs male of his body. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. The heir apparent of the Earls Stanhope used 'Viscount Mahon' as a courtesy title.
James Richard Stanhope,7th Earl Stanhope,,styled Viscount Mahon until 1905,and known as the Earl Stanhope from 1905 until his death,was a British Conservative politician.
William George Robert Craven,4th Earl of Craven OBE,styled Viscount Uffington from 1868 to 1883,was a British peer and Liberal politician.
Viscount Scudamore was a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by three generations of the Scudamore family. It was created on 1 July 1628 for the diplomat and politician Sir John Scudamore,1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet,of Holme Lacy in the County of Hereford,in the Baronetage of England on 1 June 1620,and was made Baron Dromore at the same time as he was granted the viscountcy,also in the Peerage of Ireland. Scudamore was the son of Sir James Scudamore and the grandson of Sir John Scudamore. Lord Scudamore was succeeded by his grandson,the second Viscount. He represented Hereford and Herefordshire in Parliament. On his death the titles passed to his son,the third Viscount. He was also Member of Parliament for Hereford and Herefordshire. The titles became extinct on his death in 1716.
Sir Charles Dormer of Wing,3rd Baronet,2nd Earl of Carnarvon,2nd Viscount Ascott,3rd Baron Dormer of Winge was an English peer. On his father's death at the First Battle of Newbury,on 20 September 1643,he succeeded to his father's titles,at just 10 years of age. His mother had died in June,a few months earlier. He married twice,had four children,but his only son predeceased him and so when he died in 1709 the earldom and the viscountcy became extinct. The baronetcy and barony were inherited by Rowland Dormer,4th Baron Dormer,a grandson of the second son of the 1st Baron Dormer.
Holme Lacy is a village in the English county of Herefordshire. The population of the civil parish was 466 at the 2011 Census.
Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope,11th Earl of Chesterfield was a British Royal Navy officer and nobleman.
Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope,9th Earl of Chesterfield,DL,JP was a British peer.
John Scudamore,1st Viscount Scudamore was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. In 1628 he was created Viscount Scudamore in the Irish peerage.
Sir James Scudamore was a gentleman usher at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Born at Holme Lacy,Herefordshire,he was the eldest son of John Scudamore,Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire and his first wife Eleanor Croft,daughter of former Lord Deputy of Ireland James Croft. He would assume that title in 1616,and remained Custos Rotulorum for two years until his own death in 1619. Scudamore was respected for his tilting skill and his embodiment of the ideals of chivalry.
George Philip Stanhope was the 8th Earl of Chesterfield,succeeding to the title on the death of his third cousin,the 7th Earl,in 1871.
James Scudamore,3rd Viscount Scudamore,was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1716.
St Cuthbert's Church is a redundant Anglican church about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southeast of the village of Holme Lacy,Herefordshire,England. It stands in an isolated position at the end of a lane in a bend of the River Wye. It is designated in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building,and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Scudamore is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Henrietta Stanhope,Countess of Chesterfield,formerly Lady Henrietta Thynne,was the second wife of Philip Stanhope,5th Earl of Chesterfield.
Frances Scudamore,Viscountess Scudamore (1652–1694),formerly Lady Frances Cecil,was the first wife of John Scudamore,2nd Viscount Scudamore.
Frances Scudamore (1750–1820) was the second wife of Charles Howard,who became the 11th Duke of Norfolk in 1786. She spent her married life confined to Holme Lacy in a mentally deranged condition.
The Scudamorefamily is an English noble family. The family settled in Herefordshire at two seats,Holme Lacy and Kentchurch Court,before lines moved to Devon,Somerset and Derbyshire. The family first gained prominence in the 15th and 16th centuries,before becoming ennobled as Viscount Scudamore and Baron Dromore in the 17th century,and were granted two baronetcies in 1620 and 1644. The family married into several noble dynasties including the Cecil,Beaufort,and Howard families,and became ancestors to the Earls of Chesterfield.
