6th Earl of Chesterfield

6th Earl of Chesterfield
Title:6th Earl of
Surname:Chesterfield
Year elected:1827
Last year on list:1835
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George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, PC (23 May 1805 – 1 June 1866), styled Lord Stanhope until 1815, was a British Tory politician, courtier and race horse owner. He served as Master of the Buckhounds under Lord Melbourne from 1834 to 1835.

He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1815 at the age of ten and later took his seat on the Tory benches in the House of Lords. He served briefly in the Tory administration of Sir Robert Peel as Master of the Buckhounds from December 1834 to April 1835 and was sworn of the Privy Council in December 1834.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Therese Cutter 1828 1829  
Secret Cutter 1829 1832  

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