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William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

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General William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, (c. 16838 December 1756) was a British statesman and diplomat. [1]

63 relations: Benjamin Keene, British general election, 1715, British general election, 1722, British general election, 1727, Charles Stanhope (1673–1760), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Derby (UK Parliament constituency), Diplomat, Earl of Harrington, Elvaston Castle, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, Eton College, Fellow of the Royal Society, George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George Wade, Godfrey Kneller, Harrington, Northamptonshire, Henry Hawley, Henry Pelham, James Cavendish (MP for Derby), John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon, John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd, John Gumley, John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, Kingdom of Great Britain, Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain, London, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord President of the Council, Madrid, Member of parliament, Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Politician, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Robert Walpole, Royal Society, Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Steyning (UK Parliament constituency), Surrey, The Right Honourable, Thomas Bladen, ..., Thomas Coke (privy counsellor), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Treaty of Seville (1729), Turin, United Kingdom, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, War of the Polish Succession, War of the Quadruple Alliance, War of the Spanish Succession, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington, William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane, 13th Hussars. Expand index (13 more) »

Benjamin Keene

Sir Benjamin Keene, KB, (1697, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England – 1757, Madrid) was a British diplomat known for his service as British Ambassador to Spain.

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British general election, 1715

The 1715 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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British general election, 1722

The 1722 British general election elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain.

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British general election, 1727

The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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Charles Stanhope (1673–1760)

Charles Stanhope (1673–1760) was an English barrister and politician.

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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (18 April 167421 June 1738) was an English Whig statesman.

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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles VI (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740; Karl VI.) succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (as Charles II), King of Hungary and Croatia, Serbia and Archduke of Austria (as Charles III) in 1711.

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Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency.

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Diplomat

A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations.

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Earl of Harrington

Earl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1742.

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Elvaston Castle

Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England.

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Elvaston, Derbyshire

Elvaston is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eton College

Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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George I of Great Britain

George I (George Louis; Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698 until his death.

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George II of Great Britain

George II (George Augustus; Georg II.; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

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George Wade

Field Marshal George Wade (1673 – 14 March 1748) was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of barracks, bridges and proper roads in Scotland.

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Godfrey Kneller

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I. His major works include The Chinese Convert (1687; Royal Collection, London); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France; over 40 "kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "beauties" of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely.

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Harrington, Northamptonshire

Harrington is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, administered by Kettering Borough and Northamptonshire County councils.

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Henry Hawley

Lieutenant General Henry Hawley (c. 1679 – 24 March 1759) was a British Army officer who entered the army in 1694.

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Henry Pelham

Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death.

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James Cavendish (MP for Derby)

Lord James Cavendish FRS (bef. 1707 – 14 December 1751) was a British nobleman and politician.

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John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon

John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon (15 January 1703 – 7 April 1727), styled Viscount Wilton from 1714 to 1719, was a British Member of Parliament, heir apparent to the Duke of Chandos.

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John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, (22 April 1690 – 2 January 1763), commonly known by his earlier title Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763; he worked extremely closely with the Prime Minister of the country, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, in order to manage the various factions of the Government.

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John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd

John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd (c.1680 – 21 June 1767), diplomat and politician, was the second son of John Chetwynd and the brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd.

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John Gumley

John Gumley (c. 1670 – 19 December 1728) was an English furniture-maker, army contractor and MP.

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John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, (13 October 16965 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer and memoirist who was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

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Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (18 January 1688 – 10 October 1765) was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Spain is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Spain.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 till the Partition of Ireland in 1922.

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Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Privy Seal.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an English nobleman, aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I in 1628.

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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, (22 September 169424 March 1773) was a British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Secretary of State for the Northern Department

The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Northern Department became the Home Office.

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Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet

Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet (1676–1758) was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.

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Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet

Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (3 July 1685 – 1 February 1768) was a British cavalry officer.

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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, (– 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death.

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Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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Thomas Bladen

Thomas Bladen (1698–1780) was a politician and colonial governor.

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Thomas Coke (privy counsellor)

Thomas Coke (19 February 1674 – 11 May 1727) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1698 and 1715.

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century.

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Treaty of Seville (1729)

The Treaty of Seville was signed on 9 November 1729 between Great Britain, France, and Spain, concluding the Anglo-Spanish War (1727).

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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War of the Polish Succession

The War of the Polish Succession (1733–35) was a major European war sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests.

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War of the Quadruple Alliance

The War of the Quadruple Alliance (1717–1720) was a result of the ambitions of Bourbon King Philip V of Spain, his wife, Elisabeth Farnese, and his chief minister Giulio Alberoni to retake territories in Italy lost to the Habsburgs in Vienna, and perhaps even to claim the French throne.

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War of the Spanish Succession

The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was a European conflict of the early 18th century, triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700.

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William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1672 – 4 June 1729) was a British nobleman and politician.

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William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington

General William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington (18 December 1719 – 1 April 1779) was a British politician and soldier.

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William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane

William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (17 February 1682 – 20 May 1734), was a British Whig politician.

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13th Hussars

The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanhope,_1st_Earl_of_Harrington

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