Edward Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield (9 February 1889 – 2 August 1952)
He was the only son of the Honorable Evelyn Theodore Scudamore-Stanhope, the fifth and youngest son of Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope 9th Earl of Chesterfield, DL, JP, ( 8 April, 1821 – 21 January, 1887) He was
He succeeded as 12th earl in 1935 after two of his uncles had succeeded his grandfather as tenth and eleventh earls respectively. Both had died without issue and were predeceased by their younger brothers.
He married first Lorna Marie Lever (daughter of Mr. William Henry Lever of Wellington, New Zealand), on the 17th September 1915. Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the Through this marriage he had his only child, a daughter, Evelyn Patricia Mary Scudamore-Stanhope, born 7th May 1917 in Kuala Lumpar where he was growing tea.
The marriage was dissolved in 1925 and the The Earl of Chesterfield went on to marry Angela Domatilla Hopkins, daughter of Mr Francis Patrick Hopkins.
He died 2 August 1952.
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| Preceded by Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope |
Earl of Chesterfield 1935–1952 |
Succeeded by James Richard Stanhope |