Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope

Who was Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope?

Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, was a British Conservative Party politician. From 1855 to 1875 he was styled Viscount Mahon. He sat for a few months of 1868 as a Member of Parliament for Leominster and returned to the Commons as member for Suffolk East from 1870 to 1875. He was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations in 1875.

Viscount Mahon succeeded to the title of Earl Stanhope on the death of his father on 24 December 1875. He married Evelyn Pennefather, daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan, County Tipperary and Lady Emily Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall. He was succeeded by his son, James Richard Stanhope.

He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1890 to 1905.