STANHOPE, the name of a noble English family. JAMES, 1st Earl Stanhope; born in Paris, France, in 1673. He entered the army, served as Brigadier-General under the Earl of Peterborough at the capture of Barce lona in 1705, was appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the British forces in Spain, and in 1708 took Port Mahon. After the accession of George I. he de voted himself to politics, and became the favorite minister of that monarch. He died in London, Feb. 5, 1721. CHARLES, the 3d earl; grandson of the preceding; born in London, England, Aug. 3, 1753; was celebrated chiefly as an inventor, a patron of science, and the avowed ad vocate of republicanism. His chief in ventions were an arithmetical machine and a new printing press, which bears his name. He died in London, Dec. 15, 1816. PHILIP HENRY, 5th earl, grandson of the preceding; born in Walmer, Kent, Jan. 30, 1805. He filled various official positions in the ministry of Sir Robert Peel, but he was best known under his title of Lord Mahon, as the author of a "History of the Succession War in Spain" (1832), a "Life of Belisarius," a "History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713 1783" (1854), a "Life of Pitt" (1861), and a "History of the Reign of Queen Anne" (1870). He was the founder of
the Stanhope prize for a historical essay in connection with Oxford University. He died in Bournemouth, Hampshire, Dec. 24, 1875. LADY HESTER LUCY, an English traveler; daughter of the 3d Earl Stanhope, born in Chevening, Eng land, Mar. 12, 1776. For many years she resided with her uncle, William Pitt, and when he died in 1806 she received a government pension of $6,000. In 1810 she left England, visited various places in the East, and finally settled in Syria. She established herself in the deserted convent of Mar Elias in the Lebanon, adopted the style and dress of an Arab chief, and by her kindness and mascu line energy exercised great influence over the Bedouins. Her "Memoirs" were published in 1845-1846. She died in Mar Elias, Syria, June 23, 1839.