The Earl of Chesterfield | |
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| Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire South | |
| In office 1860–1866 Serving with William Hodgson Barrow | |
| Preceded by | William Hodgson Barrow Viscount Newark |
| Succeeded by | William Hodgson Barrow Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1831 |
| Died | 1 December 1871 (aged 40) |
| Nationality | British |
| Parent(s) | George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield Hon. Anne Elizabeth Weld-Forester |
George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (28 September 1831 – 1 December 1871), styled Lord Stanhope until 1866, was a British soldier, and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1860 until 1866 when he inherited his peerage and sat in the House of Lords. He was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and was the first president of Derbyshire County Cricket Club.