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1 giorno fa · Since 1718, all chancellors of the exchequer, except at times the lord chief justice as interim holders, have been members of the House of Commons with Lord Stanhope being the last chancellor from the House of Lords.
2 giorni fa · First Parliament of George I (1715-22): List of knights, commissioners, citizens & burgesses in Parliament. The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons: Volume 8, 1733-1734. Originally published by Chandler, London, 1742. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
6 giorni fa · James, the eldest son, who purchased the manor of Chevening, following a military life, rose by degrees to the highest honors in it. In 1708, being declared commander in chief of the British forces in Spain, he reduced the castle of St. Philip, and the celebrated port of Mahon, in the island of Minorca; in 1710, the signal victory at ...
29 giu 2024 · The one on the right is for James Stanhope (who died in 1721), a politician, soldier, and diplomat. I was so fixated on Newton’s monument that I didn’t even take any picture of poor Stanhope’s equally stunning one.
15 giu 2024 · James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was a British Army officer, politician, diplomat and peer who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721. He was also the last Chancellor of the Exchequer to sit in the House of Lords. James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was born on January 1, 1673, in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
2 giorni fa · They, in 1717, joined in the sale of Brasted manor, with the rest of their estates in this parish, to major general James Stanhope, who that year, being then minister of state, was created viscount and baron Stanhope, and next year, earl Stanhope.
17 giu 2024 · The temperamental Townshend soon came into conflict with his colleague James Stanhope over Stanhope’s pro-French foreign policy and as a consequence was demoted in December 1716 to lord lieutenant of Ireland.
