according to the special remainder by his distant kinsman, William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington. Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale, was a younger son of the fifth Earl. Viscounts Stanhope, of Mahon (1717) James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope (1673–1721) (created Earl Stanhope in 1718) Earls Stanhope (1718) James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673–1721) Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714–1786) Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (1746–1763) Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816) Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781–1855) Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875) Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (1838–1905) James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880–1967) Viscount Stanhope, of Mahon (1717; reverted) Following the death of the 7th Earl Stanhope and the extinction of that earldom, the titles Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and Baron Stanhope of Elvaston passed by a special remainder to his distant relative, William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington. William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington, 8th Viscount Stanhope (1922–2009) Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington, 9th Viscount Stanhope (born 1945), son of the 11th Earl The heir apparent is the present holder's son, William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 1967). The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. Augustus Stanhope (born 2005). Male-line family tree Seats Properties owned and occupied by the earls ('noble seats') included: Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire Chevening, Kent (in early years known as Chevening Place; bought by the first Earl in 1717 and left to public ministerial/recent Royal benefit by the last Earl tabling the Chevening Estate Bill 1959) See also Baron Weardale Earl of Chesterfield Earl of Harrington Notes References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, 1718 establishments in Great Britain 1967 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1718 Earl