Background
He was the first son of four of Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet. He married Dorothea Hay, daughter of Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet Hay of Smithfield, on 6 August 1851 at Saint Johns church, Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was the first son of four of Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet. He married Dorothea Hay, daughter of Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet Hay of Smithfield, on 6 August 1851 at Saint Johns church, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Together they had 6 sons including Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield and Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope, 11th Earl of Chesterfield. He died 21 January 1887 at the Victoria Hotel, Street Leonards on Sea. 1821-1874: Mr Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope
1874-1883: Sir Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope Bt
1883-1887: The Right Honourable The Ninth Earl of Chesterfield Baronet