Sir Thomas Stanhope-+ Sir Edward Stanhope Other
of Shelford, Knt., | of Grimston, 2nd son,-+ issue
died 1596 | M.P. for Co. York |
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+-------------+----+ +------------+-----+---------+
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Sir John Stanhope-+ Other George Michael Other
of Elvaston | issue Stanhope, D.D. Stanhope issue
| Precentor of York,
| Buried 26/7/1644
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Sir Philip Stanhope, Knt. ----+-Katherine, daur. of Other
Cr. Baron of Shelford, 7/11/1616 | Francis, Lord Hastings issue
and Earl of Chesterfield, 4/8/1628 |
Died 1656, Aged 71 |
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A clue to the identity of Stanhope offers itself in the dedication of
"Newes out of Yorkshire" to Lady Katherine Stanhope, wife to the Lord
Philip Stanhope, afterwards the Earl of Chesterfield. An outline of the
pedigree of the Stanhope family was obtained from the College of Arms
and is here partly reproduced to show the relationship of Stanhope to
Lady Katherine Stanhope.

A Michael Stanhope entered Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1597-8, and
Gray's Inn in 1593-4, but there is no evidence to identify him with
Michael Stanhope the second son of Sir Edward Stanhope, and the author
of "Newes out of Yorkshire" and "Cures without Care." It may be