Sir Thomas Stanhope

Sir Thomas Stanhope (c. 1540 – 3 August 1596) was the son and heir of Sir Michael Stanhope, and a Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire.

Family Thomas Stanhope was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope and Anne Rawson (c.1515 – 20 February 1588), the daughter of Nicholas Rawson, of Aveley, Essex, and Beatrix Cooke (d. 14 January 1554), daughter of Sir Philip Cooke (d. 7 December 1503) and Elizabeth Belknap (died c. 6 March 1504),

He had six brothers and four sisters, as recorded in the inscription on his mother's monument in Shelford church:

Sir Edward Stanhope (c.1543–1603), a member of Queen Elizabeth's Council of the North. John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, created Baron Stanhope of Harrington by King James.