i8o CHESTERFIELD CHESTERFIELD EARLDOM. I. Philip Stanhope, s. and h. of Sir John S.(d'. 1611), of Shelford, Notts, and Elvaston, co. Derby, being only s. I, 1628 by his 1st wife, Cordell, 3rd da. and coh. of Richard to Alington, of Lincoln's Inn, was b. 1584; knighted at 1656. Whitehall, 16 Dec. 1605. He was, on 7 Nov. 1616, cr. BARON STANHOPE OF SHELFORD, co. Notting- ham. On 4 Aug. 1628, he was cr. EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, co. Derby. When the civil war broke out he was made, by the King, Col. of a regt. of Dragoons, 1642, distinguishing himself at the siege of Lich- field, where, in 1643, he was made prisoner.(^) He w., istly, in 1605, Catherine, da. of Francis Hastings, styled Lord Hastings (being s. and h. ap. of George, 4th Earl of Huntingdon), by Sarah, da. of Sir James Harington. She d. 28 Aug. 1636, and was bur. at Shelford. M.I. He m., 2ndly, Anne, widow of Sir Humphrey Ferrers, da. of Sir John Pakington, of Westwood, co. Worcester, K.B., by Dorothy, da. of Humphrey Smith, of London, silkman. He d. a prisoner, 12 Sep. 1656, aged 72, and was bur. at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields. M.I. His widow was bur. there, 12 Nov. 1667. Will dat. i Oct. 1666, pr. 9 Nov. 1667. [Henry Stanhope, styled 'Lo(.v> Stanhope, 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. ap-C') by 1st wife. He was cr. K.B. 2 Feb. 1625/6, at the Coronation of Charles I. M.P. for Notts 1626, and for East Retford 1628-29. He m., 4 Dec. 1628, at Boughton Malherbe, Kent, Katherine, ist da. and coh. of Thomas (Wotton), 2nd Baron Wotton of Marley, by Mary, ist da. and coh. of Sir Arthur Throckmorton, of Paulerspury, Northants. He d. v.p.^ at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 29 Nov., and was bur. 2 Dec. 1634, at Boughton Malherbe, Kent. Admon. 13 Feb. 1634/5. His widow, who m., 2ndly, Jan van den Kerchhove, otherwise Polyander, Lord of Henvliet,() in Zealand (who d. 7 Mar. 1660 at Sassenheim), was cr. Countess of Chesterfield, as below.] [ — ] 1660 Katherine, widow of Jan van den Kerchhove, afsd., to and before that of Henry Stanhope, styled l^ord Stanhope, 1667. abovementioned, who attended Mary, Princess of Orange (to whom she had been Governess) into Holland, and who contributed freely to the relief of that Princess's brother, Charles II, when in exile, was, at the Restoration, cr. 29 May 1660, COUNTESS (=') His house at Shelford was garrisoned for the King, under command of his son Philip Stanhope, who lost his life when it was sacked by the rebels, 27 Oct. 1645. (•=) His elder br., John, was bur. 27 July 1623 at Shelford. (<=) Their only child, Charles Henry, was cr., 31 Aug. 1650, Baron Wotton [E.], and subsequently, 1 680, Earl of Bellomont [I.], but d. s.p. 5 Jan. 1682/3, leaving his estates to the Stanhope family.
