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A c. 1695 portrait of Chesterfield and his wife Elizabeth, three of his children and a Black servant

Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (3 February 1673 – 27 January 1726) was an English peer. He was the eldest son of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, by his third wife, Lady Elizabeth Stanhope. In 1692, Stanhope married Lady Elizabeth Savile, daughter of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.^{[citation needed]} He was succeeded by his son, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.^[1] His second son was Sir William Stanhope, a politician.

^ "Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26255. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)