Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington explained

Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington
Birth Name:	Charles Wyndham Stanhope
Birth Date:	16 August 1809
7th Earl of Harrington
Tenure:	1866–1881
Other Titles:	Viscount Petersham Baron Harrington
Residence:	Elvaston Castle Harrington House
Nationality:	British
Predecessor:	Sydney Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington (1st Cousin)
Successor:	Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (Son)
Spouse:	Elizabeth Still de Pearsall (daughter of Robert Lucas de Pearsall of Wartensee Castle, Switzerland, and Marie Henriette Elizabeth Hobday)
Parents:	Rev. Hon. Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope, son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington Caroline Wyndham, illegitimate daughter of Hon. Charles Wyndham.

Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington (16 August 1809 – 26 June 1881) was an English peer.

Charles was the son of the Rev. Hon. Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope (24 Apr 1787 – 11 Apr 1864), son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, and Caroline Wyndham (d. 11 Feb 1876), illegitimate daughter of Hon. Charles Wyndham.^[1]

Charles inherited his titles in 1866, following the death of his childless 1st cousin, Sydney Seymour Hyde Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington.

Lord Harrington died 26 June 1881 and was succeeded by his son: Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington^[1]

Family

On 16 February 1839, in Paris, France, Charles married Elizabeth Still de Pearsall (b. 8 Mar 1821 d. 6 Feb 1912 aged 89), daughter of Robert Lucas de Pearsall of Wartensee Castle, Switzerland (formerly of Willesbridge House, Gloucestershire), and Marie Henriette Elizabeth Hobday.^[2]

Children of Elizabeth and Charles:^{[1] [2]}

• Caroline Marguerite Stanhope (b. 28 January 1840, d. 7 Aug 1906). Married James Penrose Ingham, son of Sir James Taylor Ingham.
• Leicester Philippa Stanhope (b. 1842,^[3] bpt. 31 July 1842 Gawsworth, Cheshire, d. 20 Jul 1920^[4]). She married William Sharp Waithman (died 1922 ^[5]), of Merlin Park, County Galway, on 6 September 1883.^[6]
• Charles Augustus Stanhope, later 8th Earl of Harrington (9 January 1844 – 5 February 1917)
• Fitzroy William Whitbread Stanhope (25 Dec 1845 – 9 Dec 1913). Married 1st, Jessie Marion Hawkins Hamilton, adopted daughter of J.H. Gell; 2nd, Ethel Chapman, daughter of Peter Godfrey Chapman. No Issue.
• Fanny Joanna Stanhope (b. 29 December 1846)
• Lieutenant Lincoln Edwin Stanhope (6 Apr 1849 – 1 June 1902: accidentally drowned). Married Helene de Bravura, daughter of Leon de Bravura and Countess de Galve. Lieutenant of the 7th Dragoon Guards. No Issue.
• Wyndham Edward Campbell Stanhope (17 June 1851 – 27 July 1883). Married Camille Caroline Reyloff, daughter of Edward Reyloff. No Issue.
• Jane Harriet Charlotte Stanhope (29 Jul 1853 – 8 Sep 1889). Married Errol Augustus Joseph Henry Blake, 4th Baron Wallscourt.
• Gerald Louis Stanhope (6 July 1855 – 19 May 1866). No Issue
• Dudley Henry Eden Stanhope, later 9th Earl of Harrington (13 Jan 1859 – 13 Nov 1928).
• Blanche Georgina Stanhope (b. 22 June 1861, d. Feb 1939)
• Charlotte Augusta Stanhope (b. 11 November 1863)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Earls of Harrington . Cracroft's Peerage . 17 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130329140147/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index561.htm . 29 March 2013 .
2. Web site: Charles Wyndham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington. The Peerage. 18 April 2013.
3. GRO Register of Births: JUN 1842 XIX 100 MACCLESFIELD. Leicester Philippa Stanhope
4. GRO Register of Deaths: SEP 1920 7b 415 SHARDLOW. Philippa L. Waithman, aged 77
5. GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1922 3a 668 WARE. William S. Waithman, aged 72
6. GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1883 1b 989 STRAND. William Sharp Waithman = Leicester Philippa Stanhope