Cordelia (Alington) Stanhope (abt. 1560)

Born about 1560 in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England

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Biography

The following information was extracted from The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby Vol 1 (1831) Stephen Glover. Appendix p 11 Charles I.

Sir John Stanhope (1559-1611) was an English knight and landowner and father of the 1st Earl of Chesterfield. He was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford Manor in Nottinghamshire. He married Cordelia Allington and had with her the following children

* Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield born 1584 : Married Catherine Trentham 1566-1623. Children:

* Sir John Stanhope, died 29 May 1638, High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1629. He was granted Elvaston Castle and its estate, that had once belonged to the dissolved Shelford Priory, by his father. He was great grandfather of the 1st Earl of Harrington.

* Cordelia Stanhope born 1585, buried 2 October 1639, married first Sir Roger Aston of Cranford, married second Sir John Mohun of Boconnoc, 1st Lord Mohun of Okehampton

* Jane Stanhope, born 1587, died 1663 married first Sir Peter Courtenay, bart, married second Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia, died 1683/4, buried in the chancel of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham

* Lady Catherine Stanhope of Shelford, born 1610, died 1694, married 1631 to Sir Thomas Hutchinson (MP). They had three children. They were Charles Hutchinson, Stanhope Hutchinson and Isabella Hutchinson.

* Katherine Stanhope born 1593, died 1637

* Dorthy Stanhope born 1595, died 1647

* Thomas Stanhope died young[citation needed]

Sources

• Sir John Stanhope - Wikipedia]

• The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby Vol 1 (1831) Stephen Glover. Appendix p 11 Charles I.