Walter Spencer-Stanhope (1827–1911)
Sir Walter Thomas William Spencer-Stanhope (21 December 1827 – 17 November 1911) was a British Conservative politician.
Background
He was the eldest son of John Spencer-Stanhope and grandson of Walter Spencer-Stanhope (see Spencer-Stanhope family). His mother was Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmina, daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. John Roddam Spencer Stanhope was his younger brother.
Political career
Spencer-Stanhope was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for the southern division of the West Riding of Yorkshire in an 1872 by-election, a seat he held until 1880.
Family
Spencer-Stanhope married Elizabeth Julia, daughter of Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet, in 1856. They had eleven children: John Montague (b. 1860), Walter (b. 1861), Edward Collingwood (b. 1863), Hugh (b. 1864), Philip Bertie (b. 1868), Mary Gertrude, Cecily Winifrid (who helped her father design the ballroom at the family seat of Cannon Hall and "Fairyland" in the pleasure grounds of the estate), Margaret Isabella, Alice Mildred, Winifrid Julia, and an infant daughter who did not survive. Elizabeth Julia died in September 1880. Spencer-Stanhope survived her by over 30 years and died in November 1911, aged 83.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walter Spencer-Stanhope
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Viscount Milton Henry Beaumont |
Member of Parliament for the West Riding of Yorkshire South 1872–1880 With: Henry Beaumont 1872–1874 Lewis Randle Starkey 1874–1880 |
Succeeded by Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam William Henry Leatham |