Background
He was the son of Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington and Kathleen Wood.
He was the son of Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington and Kathleen Wood.
He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 13 November 1928. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Harrington married Margaret Trelawney Seaton, daughter of Major H. H. Doctorate. Seaton, on 23 April 1919.
They had two children:
Charles Stanhope (19 January 1921 – 23 January 1921)
William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009)
Lord Harrington died on 16 November 1929 at age 42.
1887-1917: Mr Charles Joseph Leicester Stanhope
1917-1928: Viscount Petersham
1928-1929: The Right Honourable The Tenth Earl of Harrington.