The Earl Stanhope | |
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| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 21 February 1938 – 14 May 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Halifax |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Caldecote |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Runciman of Doxford |
| Succeeded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 27 October 1938 – 3 September 1939 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Duff Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Winston Churchill |
| President of the Board of Education | |
| In office 28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Hon. Oliver Stanley |
| Succeeded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
| In office 16 June 1936 – 27 May 1937 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Hon. William Ormsby-Gore |
| Succeeded by | Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 18 January 1934 – 16 June 1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Anthony Eden |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Cranborne |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War | |
| In office 10 November 1931 – 18 January 1934 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Lord Marley |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal |
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | |
| In office 24 August 1931 – 10 November 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Charles Ammon |
| Succeeded by | Lord Stanley |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 11 November 1924 – 7 June 1929 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Frank Hodges |
| Succeeded by | George Hall |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office | |
| In office 14 December 1916 – 10 January 1919 | |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 20 April 1905 – 15 August 1967 | |
| Preceded by | The 6th Earl Stanhope |
| Succeeded by | The 11th Earl of Harrington (as viscount Stanhope of Mahon) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Richard Stanhope 11 November 1880 |
| Died | 15 August 1967 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Eileen Browne (1889–1940)[1] |
| Parent(s) | Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope Evelyn Pennefather |
James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, KG, DSO, MC, PC (11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967), styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, was a British Conservative politician.
- ^ "Death notice". The Times, London, Sept. 23. 1940.