The daughter of General Sir Edward Kerrison, first baronet; in 1834 she married Philip Henry Stanhope, afterwards fifth Earl Stanhope.

REFERENCES TO Emily Harriet Stanhope, countess of Stanhope [née Kerrison]:

Sydney Smith to Lord Philip Henry Stanhope, 4 July 1843 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)