Tenure 1929 – 2009 Nationality British | Name William 11th | |
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Born William Henry Leicester Stanhope
24 August 1922 ( 1922-08-24 ) Title 11th Earl of Harrington Other titles 11th Viscount Petersham
11th Baron Harrington
8th Viscount Stanhope of Mahon
8th Baron Stanhope of Elvaston Residence Elvaston Castle (sold to Derbyshire County Council in 1969.
In 2003 reported as living at: The Glen, Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland. Predecessor Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington Died April 12, 2009, Ballingarry, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland Parents Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington Children Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington Grandchildren Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley Grandparents Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington Great-grandparents Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington | ||
William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009) was a British army captain and peer.
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Early life and education
Stanhope was the son of Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington and Margaret Trelawney Seaton. He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 16 November 1929. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
In 1967, the 11th Earl also succeeded as eighth Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and eighth Baron Stanhope of Elvaston, following the death of his distant relative James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope. He inherited these titles (but not James' Earldoms) by a special remainder in the latter's patent which allowed these titles to be inherited by the male heirs of John Stanhope, father of the first Earl of Harrington.
Military service
Lord Harrington fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars (Royal Armoured Corps).
Personal life
Lord Harrington married, firstly, Eileen Foley Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet, and Jean Jessie May de Sales la Terrière, on 5 February 1942. He and Eileen Foley Grey were divorced in 1947. They had three children:
Lord Harrington married, secondly, Ann Theodora Chute, daughter of Major Richard Arenbourg Blennerhassett Chute, on 24 January 1947. He and Ann Theodora Chute were divorced in 1962. They had three children:
Harrington married, thirdly, Priscilla Margaret Cubitt, daughter of Major Hon. Archibald Edward Cubitt and Sibell Margaret Norman, on 14 October 1964. They had two children:
In 2003, Lord Harrington lived at The Glen, Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland.
On 12 April 2009, Lord Harrington died at the age 86 at Ballingarry, in County Limerick, Ireland.
Descendants
His granddaughter Serena Stanhope (b. 1970) married David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (b. 1961), nephew of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1993.