Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The Right Honourable The Earl of Chesterfield KG PC
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
In office 29 October 1746 – 6 February 1748
Preceded by	The Earl of Harrington
Succeeded by	The Duke of Newcastle
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office 1745–1746
Preceded by	The Duke of Devonshire
Succeeded by	The Earl of Harrington
Lord Steward of the Household
In office 1730–1733
Preceded by	The Duke of Dorset
Succeeded by	The Duke of Devonshire
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 1723–1725
Preceded by	The Earl of Derby
Succeeded by	The Earl of Leicester
Personal details
Born	22 September 1694
Died	24 March 1773 (1773-03-25) (aged 78)
Spouse(s)	Melusina von der Schulenburg
Parents	Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield Lady Elizabeth Savile

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield KG PC (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman, man of letters, and wit. He was born in London to Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and Lady Elizabeth Savile, and known as Lord Stanhope until the death of his father, in 1726. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he subsequently embarked on the Grand Tour of the Continent, to complete his education as a nobleman, by exposure to the cultural legacies of Classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and to become acquainted with his counterparts and the polite society of Continental Europe.

In the course of his post-graduate tour of Europe, the death of Queen Anne (r. 1702–14) and the accession of King George I (r. 1714–27) opened a political career for Stanhope, and he returned to England. In the British political spectrum he was a Whig and entered government service, as a courtier to the King, through the mentorship of his relative, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, the King's favourite minister, who procured his appointment as Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.

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