The Earl of Harrington
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| 3rd Earl of Harrington | |
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
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| Tenure | 1779–1829 |
| Predecessor | William Stanhope |
| Successor | Charles Stanhope |
| Other titles | Viscount Petersham Baron Harrington Knight Grand Cross, Royal Guelphic Order |
| Born | Charles Stanhope (1753-03-17)17 March 1753 |
| Died | 5 September 1829(1829-09-05) (aged 76) Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Buried | Elvaston, Derbyshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | Elvaston Castle |
| Wars and battles | American Revolutionary War |
| Offices | Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards Commander-in-Chief, Ireland Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle Member of Parliament for Thetford (1774) Member of Parliament for Westminster (1776–1779) Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland |
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(m. 1778; died 1824) |
| Parents | William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington Lady Caroline FitzRoy |
| Occupation | Peer, soldier |
General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington GCH PC PC (Ire) (17 March 1753 – 5 September 1829), styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779 when he succeeded to the peerageasEarl of Harrington.
Stanhope was the son of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington, and Lady Caroline FitzRoy, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, and Lady Henrietta Somerset, daughter of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, and Rebecca Child. He was educated at Eton.[1]
Stanhope was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1769.[1] During the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War as Viscount Petersham, he commanded the 29th Regiment of Foot's Grenadier company and was an aide-de-camp to General John Burgoyne.[1]
He was Colonel of the 85th Regiment of Foot (1778–1783), the 65th Regiment of Foot (1783–1788) and the 29th Regiment of Foot (1788–1792). He was finally Colonel of the 1st Life Guards from 1792 to his death. He was promoted full general in 1803 and made GCH in 1821. From 1805 to 1812 he was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, and he was sent on diplomatic errands to Vienna and to Berlin.[2]
Viscount Petersham can be seen in the famous painting "The Burial of General Fraser at Saratoga" standing above Simon Fraser.
He was briefly elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Thetford in 1774 and then sat from 1776 to 1779 as one of the members for Westminster.[3]
Lord Harrington was married to Jane Fleming, daughter of Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet. She was a Lady of the BedchambertoQueen Charlotte.[4] Lord and Lady Harrington had eleven children:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Harrington, Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 18.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Thetford 1774 With: Henry Seymour Conway |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Westminster 1776–1779 With: Lord Thomas Pelham-Clinton |
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| Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1806–1812 |
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| Preceded by | Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards 1792–1829 |
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| Preceded by | Colonel of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1788–1792 |
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| Preceded by | Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle 1812–1829 |
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| Preceded by | Earl of Harrington 1779–1829 |
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