Sir Rt Hon. Earl Philip Stanhope KG PC
(1694-1773)

statesman, author, Member of Parliament (1715-1722), Member of Parliament (1722-1723), 4th Earl of Chesterfield (from 1726), Privy Counsellor (from 1728), 547th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1730), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1745-1746), and Secretary of State of the United Kingdom (1746-1748)

Died aged c. 79

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, PC (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman, diplomat, and man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

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Bath, United Kingdom
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Philip Stanhope 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1774) statesman and author lived here

Ranger’s House, Chesterfield Walk, SE10 Greenwich, London, United Kingdom where they lived

Here lived the Earl of Chesterfield B.1694 D.1773

4 Pierrepont Street, Bath, United Kingdom where they lived

Here lived Philip second Earl of Chesterfield born 1633 : died 1713, also Philip third Earl and Philip Dorner fourth Earl of Chesterfield K.G. born 1694 : died 1773

45 Bloomsbury Square, WC1, London, United Kingdom where they lived