Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope

Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (13 September 1838 – 19 April 1905), styled Viscount Mahon from 1855–1875, was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.

Early life and education Stanhope was born at 41 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, the eldest son of Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon by his wife Emily Harriet Kerrison, daughter of Gen. Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet. In 1855, upon the death of his grandfather Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, his father succeeded as the 5th Earl Stanhope.

He was educated at Harrow through December 1857.

Career

Stanhope, when styled as Viscount Mahon, purchased a commission in the Grenadier Guards in 1858. In 1862, he purchased a captaincy. He served five years as a musketry instructor.

Lord Mahon succeeded to the title of Earl Stanhope on the death of his father on 24 December 1875 and entered the House of Lords. He was appointed First Church Estates Commissioner in December 1878, and served as Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1890 to 1905.

Marriage and issue Stanhope married Evelyn Pennefather, daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan, County Tipperary by his wife Lady Emily Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall. They had two children: James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880–1967) Capt. Hon. Richard Philip Stanhope (16 January 1885 – 15 September 1916), married Lady Beryl le Poer Trench (d. 1957), daughter of William Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty on 13 May 1914, without issue. He was killed at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.

In April 1905, Stanhope underwent major surgery for cancer in London, but died the following afternoon at his Grosvenor Square home, aged 66.