New page: '''Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield''', born in London, September 22, 1694 (Died March 24, 1773) was a British statesman and prolific letter writer. Lord Stanhope, as...
'''Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield''', born in [[London]], September 22, 1694 (Died March 24, 1773) was a British statesman and prolific letter writer.
Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was educated at Cambridge. The death of [[Queen Anne]] and the accession of [[George I]] opened up a career for him. His relative James Stanhope, one of the King's favored ministers, procured for him the place of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the [[Prince of Wales]].