John Spencer Stanhope (1787–1873) was an English landowner and antiquarian.
The son of Walter Spencer-Stanhope, he was born 27 May 1787. [1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1804. [2] Around 1807 he was in Edinburgh, and joined the Speculative Society. [3]
Spencer Stanhope, after travel, spent the years 1810 to 1813 as a French prisoner of war of the French, taken captive by bad faith. He was detained for two years in Verdun, allowed to visit Paris, and then set free. [4] He travelled with Thomas Allason in Greece. Based on researches carried out there, he published Topography illustrative of the Battle of Plataea in 1817. [5] In 1816 he had added to the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum a piece of Parthenon frieze he had purchased in Greece. [6]
With an estate also at Horsforth, Spencer Stanhope resided at Cannon Hall, in Yorkshire. [7] He died on 8 November 1873. [8] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Society of Antiquaries of London. [9]
Stanhope married in 1822 Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke, daughter of Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. [10] Walter Spencer-Stanhope (1827–1911) and John Roddam Spencer Stanhope were their sons. Of four daughters, [11]
Anne Alicia and Louisa Elizabeth were unmarried. [11]
John Spencer Stanhope (1787–1873) was an English landowner and antiquarian.
The son of Walter Spencer-Stanhope, he was born 27 May 1787. [1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1804. [2] Around 1807 he was in Edinburgh, and joined the Speculative Society. [3]
Spencer Stanhope, after travel, spent the years 1810 to 1813 as a French prisoner of war of the French, taken captive by bad faith. He was detained for two years in Verdun, allowed to visit Paris, and then set free. [4] He travelled with Thomas Allason in Greece. Based on researches carried out there, he published Topography illustrative of the Battle of Plataea in 1817. [5] In 1816 he had added to the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum a piece of Parthenon frieze he had purchased in Greece. [6]
With an estate also at Horsforth, Spencer Stanhope resided at Cannon Hall, in Yorkshire. [7] He died on 8 November 1873. [8] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Society of Antiquaries of London. [9]
Stanhope married in 1822 Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke, daughter of Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. [10] Walter Spencer-Stanhope (1827–1911) and John Roddam Spencer Stanhope were their sons. Of four daughters, [11]
Anne Alicia and Louisa Elizabeth were unmarried. [11]