Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope, FRS (15 August 1714 – 7 March 1786) was a British peer.
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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. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1774.[1] He privileged the pursuit of science and mathematics over politics and became close to prominent natural philosophers such as Joseph Priestly and Benjamin Franklin. As a patron of various mathematicians, he came into contact with Thomas Bayes, one of the founders of Bayesian inference.[2]
On 25 July 1745, he married Grizel Hamilton, daughter of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning. They had two sons:
- Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (24 June 1746 – 6 July 1763).
- Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (3 August 1753 – 15 December 1816).[3]
References[]
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Commerce (Barbados), Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and (1784). Institution and first Proceedings of the Society, etc. [1781-84.].
- ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 29 August 1753.
- Lundy, Darryl. "p. 2877 § 28764". The Peerage. Retrieved 20 March 2007.[unreliable source]
- Sharon McGrayne The Theory That Would Not Die (Yale 2011) Ch 1.
- 1714 births
- 1786 deaths
- Earls Stanhope
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Peerage of Great Britain earl stubs
- Members of the American Philosophical Society