British peer
Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield , DL , JP (8 April 1821 – 21 January 1887) was a British peer.
Life and family
Holme Lacy House
He was the eldest of four sons of Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet.
He married Dorothea Hay, daughter of Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet Hay of Smithfield, on 6 August 1851 at St. Johns church, Edinburgh , Scotland. Together they had six sons, including Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield and Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope, 11th Earl of Chesterfield .
In 1874, he inherited the baronetcy and the estate of Holme Lacy in Herefordshire, previously the property of the deranged Frances Scudamore, Duchess of Norfolk , which had been settled in favour of his father after years of litigation.[ 1]
In 1883, he succeeded his fourth cousin once removed, George Philip Stanhope, 8th Earl of Chesterfield , as 9th Earl. He died on 21 January 1887 at the Victoria Hotel in St Leonards-on-Sea . He was succeeded as 10th Earl by his first son, Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope .
References
^ Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies . p. 477.