Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington

The Earl of Harrington
3rd Earl of Harrington
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
Tenure1779–1829
PredecessorWilliam Stanhope
SuccessorCharles Stanhope
Other titlesViscount Petersham
Baron Harrington
Knight Grand Cross, Royal Guelphic Order
BornCharles Stanhope
(1753-03-17)17 March 1753
Died5 September 1829(1829-09-05) (aged 76)
Brighton, East Sussex, England
BuriedElvaston, Derbyshire
NationalityBritish
ResidenceElvaston Castle
Wars and battlesAmerican Revolutionary War
OfficesColonel 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
Spouse(s)
(m. 1778; died 1824)
ParentsWilliam Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington
Lady Caroline FitzRoy
OccupationPeer, 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 peerage as Earl of Harrington.


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