James Hamilton Stanhope

(1788-1825)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stanhope, James Hamilton, 1788-1825 LBT ID: JaStanh1825 VIAF ID: 46694653 LOC ID: nr2001049839	B/BAP: 1788-09-07 DIED: 1825-03-05
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (May 1825) 465-66; Virtual International Authority File; leighrayment.com; LOC Name Authority File
The youngest son of the third Earl Stanhope; he fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo and was MP for Buckingham (1817-18), Fowey (1818-19), and Dartmouth (1822-25); he died a suicide.
REFERENCES TO James Hamilton Stanhope: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XII: 1817-18 Found 4: ¶ n3 ¶ 2 ¶ n3 ¶ 3