Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope FRS (15 August 1714 – 7 March 1786) was a British peer.
The son of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope and Lucy Pitt, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1721. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1735, and had a lifelong interest in mathematics. As a patron of various mathematicians, he came into contact with Thomas Bayes, one of the founders of Bayesian inference.
On 25 July 1745, he married Grizel Hamilton, daughter of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning. They had two sons, including his heir Charles Stanhope.
Styles of address
- 1714-1717: Mr Philip Stanhope
- 1717-1718: The Honourable Philip Stanhope
- 1718-1721: Viscount Mahon
- 1721-1735: The Right Honourable The Earl Stanhope
- 1735-1786: The Right Honourable The Earl Stanhope FRS
References
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- Sharon McGrayne The Theory That Would Not Die (Yale 2011) Ch 1.
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| Preceded by | Earl Stanhope 1721–1786 |
Succeeded by Charles Stanhope |
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