Background
Charles was the son of the Review Honorary Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope (24 April 1787 - 11 April 1864), son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, and Caroline Wyndham (d 11 February 1876), illegitimate daughter of Honorary
Charles was the son of the Review Honorary Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope (24 April 1787 - 11 April 1864), son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, and Caroline Wyndham (d 11 February 1876), illegitimate daughter of Honorary
Charles Wyndham.
1809-1866: Mr Charles Wyndham Stanhope
1866-1881: The Right Honourable The Seventh Earl of Harrington
On 16 February 1839, in Paris, France, Charles married Elizabeth Still de Pearsall (d 6 February 1912 aged 89), daughter of Robert Lucas de Pearsall of Wartensee Castle, Switzerland (formerly of Willesbridge House, Gloucestershire), and Marie Henriette Elizabeth Hobday. Children of Elizabeth and Charles:
Caroline Marguerite Stanhope (b 28 January 1840, d 7 August 1906). Married James Penrose Ingham, son of Sir James Taylor Ingham.
Leicester Philippa Stanhope (b 1842, bpt 31 July 1842 Gawsworth, Cheshire, d 20 July 1920).
Charles Augustus Stanhope, later 8th Earl of Harrington (9 January 1844 – 5 February 1917)
Fitzroy William Whitbread Stanhope (25 December 1845 - 9 December 1913). Married 1st, Jessie Marion Hawkins Hamilton, adopted daughter of J.H. Gell.
2nd, Ethel Chapman, daughter of Peter Godfrey Chapman. Number Issue. Fanny Joanna Stanhope (b 29 December 1846)
Lieutenant Lincoln Edwin Stanhope (6 April 1849 - 1 June 1902: accidentally drowned).
Married Helene de Bravura, daughter of Leon de Bravura and Countess de Galve.
Lieutenant of the 7th Dragoon Guards. Number Issue. Wyndham Edward Campbell Stanhope (17 June 1851 - 27 July 1883). Married Camille Caroline Reyloff, daughter of Edward Reyloff.
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Jane Harriet Charlotte Stanhope (29 July 1853 - 8 September 1889). Married Errol Augustus Joseph Henry Blake, 4th Baron Wallscourt. Gerald Louis Stanhope (6 July 1855 - 19 May 1866).
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Dudley Henry Eden Stanhope, later 9th Earl of Harrington (13 January 1859 - 13 November 1928).
Blanche Georgina Stanhope (b 22 June 1861, d February 1939)
Charlotte Augusta Stanhope (b 11 November 1863).