Background
John Stanhope was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope (d1596) of Shelford Manor, Nottinghamshire, by Margaret Portuguese, the daughter of Sir John Portuguese of Etwall, Derbyshire, and Elizabeth Gifford.
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He was appointed Postmaster General to Queen Elizabeth on 20 June 1590. Stanhope married secondly, Catherine Trentham (1566–1621), with whom he had:
John (died 29 May 1638), later Sir, High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1629. He was granted Elvaston Castle and its estate, that had once belonged to the dissolved Shelford Priory, by his father.
He was great grandfather of the 1st Earl of Harrington.
Cordelia (1585 – buried 2 October 1639), married first Sir Roger Aston (died 1612) of Cranford, married second John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton
Jane (1587–1663), married first Sir Peter Courtenay, baronet, married second Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia, died 1683/4, buried in the chancel of Saint Mary"s Church, Nottingham
Catherine (1610–1712), married 1631 to Sir Thomas Hutchinson (Member of Parliament). They had three children.
They were Charles Hutchinson,Member of Parliament for Nottingham., Stanhope Hutchinson and Isabella Hutchinson who married Charles Cotton. Katherine (1593–1637)
Dorothy (1595–1647)
Thomas died young.
