| James
Stanhope
1st Earl of Stanhope
(1673-1721)
Other Titles
1st Viscount Stanhope, of Mahon, 1717[F76]
Positions Held
Ambassador to Berlin, 1720[C23G]
Ambassador to Paris, 1720[C23G]
A lord justice of the realm, 1719 and 1720[C23G]
Ambassador to Paris and Madrid, 1718[C23G]
First lord of the Treasury, 1717-18[C23G]
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1717-18[C23G]
MP for Newport, Isle-of-Wight, 1717[C23G]
Secretary of state, northern department, 1716-21†[C23G]
MP for Cockermouth, 1715-17[C23G]
Ambassador to Vienna, 1714[C23G]
Privy councillor, 1714[C23G]
Secretary of state, southern department, 1714-16[C23G]
MP for Wendover, 1714-15[C23G]
MP for Cockermouth, 1711-13[C23G]
Colonel of Regiment of Dragoons, 1710-12[C23G]
Lieutenant-general, 1709[F76]
Commander-in-chief of British forces in Spain, 1708-10[C23G]
Envoy extraordinary to Charles III of Spain, 1708-10[C23G]
Major-general, 1707[F76]
Envoy extraordinary to Charles III of Spain, 1706-07[C23G]
Brigadier-general, 1704[C23G]
MP for Cockermouth, 1702-11[C23G]
MP for Newport, Isle-of-Wight, 1702[C23G]
Colonel, 1702[F76]
Secretary to his father at the Hague, 1700-01[C23G]
Second secretary to the Paris embassy, 1698[C23G]
Lieutenant-colonel Foot Guards, 1695[C23G]
Captain Foot Guards, 1695[C23G]
Captain Foot, 1694[F76]
Captain (Italy), 1693[F76]
Sergeant, 1692[C23G]
Ensign, 1692[F76]
Volunteer aide-de-camp, 1691[F76]
Biographical
Sent to Italy for military training under the Duke of Schomberg, 1691.[F76]
Present at the battle of Marsaglia, 1693.[F76]
Returned to London, 1694.[F76]
Wounded in battle at Namur, 1695.[F76]
Participated in the Spanish campaigns, 1705-10.[F76]
Prisoner of war in Spain, 1709.[F76]
Returned to England, 1712.[F76]
Purchased a country seat and estate at Chevening, Kent, 1717.[F76]
Place of birth: Paris[F76]
Place of death: London[F76]
Place of burial: Chevening[F76] |
