The third son of the third earl; in 1823 he traveled to Greece as the Commissioner of the London Greek Committee; there he served with Byron, whom he criticizes in Greece in 1823 and 1824 (1824). He inherited the earldom from his brother in 1851.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Leicester Fitzgerald Charles Stanhope, fifth earl of Harrington:

Leicester Stanhope to Lord Byron, 28 December 1823 in A Narrative of Lord Byron’s Last Journey to Greece. Extracted from the Journal of Count Peter Gamba, who attended that Expedition. (London: John Murray, 1825)

Leicester Stanhope to Lord Byron, 29 December 1823 in A Narrative of Lord Byron’s Last Journey to Greece. Extracted from the Journal of Count Peter Gamba, who attended that Expedition. (London: John Murray, 1825)

Lord Byron to Leicester Stanhope, 31 December 1823 in The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830)

Lord Byron to Leicester Stanhope, 31 December 1823 in A Narrative of Lord Byron’s Last Journey to Greece. Extracted from the Journal of Count Peter Gamba, who attended that Expedition. (London: John Murray, 1825)

Lord Byron to Col. Leicester Stanhope, 31 December 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Leicester Stanhope to James Kennedy, 8 January 1824 in Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830)

Leicester Stanhope to William Parry, 30 January 1824 in The Last Days of Lord Byron (London: Knight and Lacey, 1825)

Leicester Stanhope to James Kennedy, 7 February 1824 in Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Col. Leicester Stanhope, 19 March 1824 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Leicester Stanhope to Lord Byron, 17 April 1824 in Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858)

Leicester Stanhope to William Henry Humphreys, 20 May 1824 in The Last Days of Lord Byron (London: Knight and Lacey, 1825)

Leicester Stanhope to William Parry, 14 May 1825 in “Last Days of Lord Byron” in The Examiner (2 April 1826) 212-13