Philip Henry Stanhope

Philip Henry Stanhope (1805-1875), the 5th Earl Stanhope, was an English historian and politician, born at Walmer, the only son of the fourth Earl of Stanhope. He graduated at Oxford in 1827, and three years later entered Parliament as a Conservative. Thereafter, he held office as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Peel's Ministry of 1834-35, and as Secretary to the Indian Board of Control during 1845-46. In 1855, he succeeded his father, before which he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Mahon. Literature was his chief interest, and as a historian and biographer he has a deservedly high reputation for industry and impartial judgment. A "History of England from 1713 to 1783," a "History of Spain under Charles II," "Historical and Critical Essays," and Lives of Pitt, Condé, and Belisarius, are his most important works.

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