James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope

The Earl Stanhope
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
21 February 1938 – 14 May 1940
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byThe Viscount Halifax
Succeeded byThe Viscount Caldecote
Lord President of the Council
In office
3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byThe Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Succeeded byNeville Chamberlain
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
27 October 1938 – 3 September 1939
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byDuff Cooper
Succeeded byWinston Churchill
President of the Board of Education
In office
28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byHon. Oliver Stanley
Succeeded byThe Earl De La Warr
First Commissioner of Works
In office
16 June 1936 – 27 May 1937
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byHon. William Ormsby-Gore
Succeeded bySir Philip Sassoon, Bt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs
In office
18 January 1934 – 16 June 1936
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded byAnthony Eden
Succeeded byViscount Cranborne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for War
In office
10 November 1931 – 18 January 1934
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byThe Lord Marley
Succeeded byThe Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary
to the Admiralty
In office
24 August 1931 – 10 November 1931
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byCharles Ammon
Succeeded byLord Stanley
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
In office
11 November 1924 – 7 June 1929
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byFrank Hodges
Succeeded byGeorge Hall
Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office
In office
14 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
20 April 1905 – 15 August 1967
Preceded byThe 6th Earl Stanhope
Succeeded byThe 11th Earl of Harrington  
Personal details
BornJames Richard Stanhope
(1880-11-11)11 November 1880
Died15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 86)
PartyConservative
Spouse(s)Lady Eileen Browne
(1889–1940)
Parent(s)Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope
Evelyn Pennefather
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James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield (11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967), styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, was a British Conservative politician.