Leicester Fitzgerald Charles Stanhope, fifth earl of Harrington

(1784-1862)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Harrington, Leicester Stanhope, Earl of, 1784-1862 NRA: Stanhope Leicester Fitzgerald Charles (1784-1862) 5th Earl of Harrington DNB: Stanhope, Leicester Fitzgerald Charles, fifth earl of Harrington (1784-1862), army officer LBT ID: LdHarri5 VIAF ID: 30388913 LOC ID: nr95039854	B/BAP: 1784-09-02 DIED: 1862-09-07
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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.