James Stanhope

James Banks Stanhope (13 May 1821 – 18 January 1904) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Family Stanhope was the son of former MP and British Army officer the Hon. James Hamilton Stanhope and Lady Frederica-Louisa Murray, daughter of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield. His father was the youngest son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope.

Revesby Abbey

Stanhope inherited Revesby Abbey in 1823 from his father but did not succeed to the estate until 1842, however, as he was a minor. By the time he succeeded to the estate, it had fallen into disrepair and had been emptied.

In 1843, he commissioned Scottish architect William Burn to redesign the new abbey in a mixture of Jacobean and Elizabethan, also known as Jacobethan. The building was demolished in 1844, with its materials sold at auction, to make way for the abbey's third incarnation.

The estate was passed to Stanhope's elected heir who was his first cousin once removed, the Hon. Edward Stanhope.