Stanford, John Frederick
D.Mus., Oxford, 1883; Hon. D.C.L., Durham, 1893; Hon.
LL.D., Leeds, 1904. Conductor of the C.U.M.S., 1872-93. Settled in London, 1892, and devoted himself to composing;
worked with great rapidity and ' scarcely ever made a sketch. Even complicated works were written straight into score, in
ink, without previous preparation.' His large-scale choral works and symphonies were highly esteemed in their day,
but chiefly known by his church music and by his solo songs.
Director of the Bach Choir, 1885-1902. Knighted, 1902.
Professor of composition and orchestral playing at the Royal
College of Music, 1883-1924. Among his pupUs were Walford
Davies, Coleridge Taylor, Vaughan Williams, Gustav Hoist,
etc. Married, 1878, Jane Anna Maria, dau. of Henry Cham-
pion Wetton, of Shere, Surrey, and had issue. Author,
Musical Compositim; A History of Music; Studies and
Memories; Interludes; etc. Composer, Cushendall, a Pure of
Turf (Song Cycle), Symphony No. 7 in D minor; Irish
Rhapsody, Pianoforte Quartet and Trio, 5 Organ Sonatas,
etc. Died Mar. 29, 1924; his ashes were buried in West-
minster Abbey. Portrait by Sir William Orpen in the Hall of
Trinity. {Al. Oxon.; Walford, County Families; D.N.B.; Who was Wlio.)
STANFORD, JOHN FREDERICK. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
May II, 1832. [S. of Major Francis William, ist Regt. of
Life Guards (by his ist wife, Mary, dau. of William Gorton,
Esq., of Windsor). B. Jan. 1815. School, Eton.] Did not
reside. Adm. at Christ's, May 24, 1834. Matric. Michs. 1834;
B.A. 1838; M.A. 1842. WorU Travelling Bachelor, 1838.
Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1842. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov i8, 1841. Called to the Bar, Nov. 22, 1844. F.R.S.,
1844. M.P. for Reading, 1849-52. J. P. for Middlesex; D.L. for Berks. Author, Outlines of a Plan of National Education ;
Rambles and Researches in Thuringian Saxony. Died Dec. 2,
1880, at North Bank, Regent's Park. (Eton Sch. Lists; Pe%le, II. 451; Al. Oxon.; Boose, m. 704; Law Lists; Inns of Court;
Walford, County Families.)
STANGER, EDMUND. Adm. pens, (age 17) at St John's, May 21, 1 78 1. [S. of Hugh, butler to Dr Edmund Law,
Master of Peterhouse (his mother was lady's maid in the Law family). B. Oct. 26, 1763, at Cambridge. Schools,
Carlisle Grammar and Arthuret.] Matnc. Michs. 1781;
Scholar, 1781; B.A. {6th Wrangler) 1785; M.A. 1788; B.D.
1796. Fellow, 1788-1846. Ord. deacon (Ely, LUt. dim. from
Carlisle) June 3, 1787; priest (Lincohi) Apr. 25, 1788. P.C.
of Warwick-cwm-Wetheral, Cumberland, 1788-1846. Died
Dec. 21, 1846; buried at St Mary's, Carlisle. Benefactor to
St John's. (Carlisle Gr. Sck. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 486; G. Mag., 1847, 1. 445 ; Torry, Founders arui Benefactors of
St John's.)
STANHAM, ALFRED EDWARD HILLS. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, Oct. I, 1887. S. of the Rev. Louis (1853). of
15, Mihier Square, Islington, London (and Anna). B. Dec. 5,
i856, at Islington. School, Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Michs. 1887; B..^.. 1891; .M.A. 1934. Ord. deacon (Lichfield)
1891; priest, 1893; C. of St Paul's, Burslem, Staffs., 1891- 1900. C. of Wordesley, Staffs., 1900-3. C. of St Simon,
Paddington, London, 1903-7. C. of St Peter's, Greenwich,
1907-8. c; of Bramford with Burstall, Suffolk, 1908-10. C. of CaverswaU, Staffs., 1910-12. V. of Longnor, Salop,
1912-27. V. of 11am, Stags., 1927-39- Latterly of 'Ilara,' Poole Road, Wimbome, Dorset. Brother of William C.
(1885). (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Crockford.)
STANHAM, GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 5, 1848. S. of Richard, carpenter, of Edwardes Terrace, Kensington,
London (and Eleanor). B. [1827], at Kensington. Bapt.
June 22, 1827. Matric. Michs. 1848; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855.
Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1852; priest, 1853; C. of Chnst Church,
Leicester, 1852-4. C. of St Jude's, Glasgow, 1854-8. C. of Great Snoring, Norfolk, 1858-61. Chaplain of the Surrey
County lunatic asylum at Tooting, 1861-72. V. of Sununers-
town, 1872-6. V. of West Bradenham, Norfolk, 1876-82.
Married, 1853, Elizabeth, dau. of John Adams, of Uttoxeter,
Staffs. Died Jan. 28, i882,at Leatherhead, aged 54. Brother
of Louis (1853); father of the next. (Crockford; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Guardian, Feb. i, 1882.)
STANHAM, GEORGE GRAHAM. Matric. Non-Coil., Michs.
1898. [S. of the Rev. George (above). B. 1857.] Married,
1888, Emma Gertrude, dau. of Charles George Taylor, of
Frensham Hill, Surrey, and had issue. Died Feb. 18, 1934.
at Famham; buried there. (Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times, Feb. 20, 1934-)
STANHAM, LOUIS. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 7, 1853-, re-adm. sizar Oct. 18, 1854. S. of Richard, coal-merchant
(and Eleanor). B. at North End, Fulham. Bapt. July 17,
1825. Matric. Michs. 1853; B.A. 1857; M.A. 1864. Ord.
deacon (London) 1857; priest, 1858; C. of St Mary's, Islington,
1857-62. V. of St Bartholomew's, Islington, 1862-1905.
Chaplain of the City of London Lying-in Hospital, 1874-1916.
Stanhope, Philip Dormer
Married (i) Sept. 2, 1858, Anna, dau. of A. Henderson, of
Kensington; (2) July 25, 1889, Emily, dau. of E. RoseUi, of
Canonbury. Latterly of 44, Aubert Park, Highbury, where
he died Feb. 28, 1916. Father of Alfred E. H. (1887) and the
next; brother of George (1848). (Eagle, xxxvin. 238;
Crockford; The Times, Mar. i, 1916.)
STANHAM, WILLIAM CHARLES. Adm. sizar at Trinity,
Sept. 30, 1885. S. of the Rev. Louis (above), of 15, Milner
Square, Islington, London (and Anna). B. Aug. 18, 1865, in
London. School, Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888. At the London Hospital. L.S.A., 1900. Practised
at Homerton and at Holloway. Died Sept. 16, 1928, at
Brighton. Brother of Alfred E. H. (1887). (Merchant
Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Medical Directories.)
STANHOPE, CHARLES WYNDHAM. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 22) at Magdalene, Oct. 11, 1831. [Eldest] s. of the Hon. and
Rev. Fitzroy Henry Richard (18 10) (and Caroline Wyndham).
[B. Aug. 16, 1809.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1831.
Farming near Belfast in i860. Succeeded his cousin, Seymour
Sydney Hyde, as 7th Earl of Harrington, Feb. 22, 1866.
Married, Jan. 16, 1839, in Paris, Elizabeth Still, of Harrington
House, Craig's Court, Charing Cross, London, and Stanhope Lodge, Cowes, dau. of Robert Lucas de Pearsall, of Wartensee
Castle, St Gall, Switzerland, and had issue. Died June 26,
1881. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C.)
STANHOPE, EDWARD COLLINGWOOD SPENCER. Adm.
pens, at Trinity, June 13, 1881. S. of Walter Thomas
William [Spencer] (Christ Church, 0.xford, 1845), of Cannon
HaU, Bamsley, Yorks. (and Elizabeth Julia, dau. of Sir John
Jacob Buxton, Bart.). B. Mar. 2, 1863, in London. School,
Eton. Matric. Michs. 1881; B.A. 1884; M..'^. 1891. Asolicitor.
Died July 6, 1906. Brother of John M. S. (1880). (Etmi Sch.
Lists; Al. Oxon.; C. R. Hudleston; Burke, E.G.)
STANHOPE, The Hon. FITZROY HENRY RICHARD. .A.dm.
Fell.-Com. at Trinity Hall, Feb. 20, 1810. 4th s. of Charles
[3rd] Earl of Harrington (and Jane, dau. of Sir John Fleming,
Bart.). [B. Apr. 24, 1787-] Matric. Michs. 1810; M.A. 1811.
Ord. deacon, 1814; priest, 1814. V. of Wressell, Yorks.,
1814-56. R. of Catton, 1814-58. Dean and R. of St Buryan
with St Leven, Cornwall, 1817-58. A member of the Garrick
Club. Designer of the Stanhope phaeton, a two-wheeled
carriage much like a Tilbury. Known as the 'Dean of TattersaU's.' Married, Nov. 8, 1808, Caroline, (illegitimate)
dau. of the Hon. Charles Wyndham. Died Apr. 11, 1864, at
16, Hans Place, Sloane Street, London. Father of Charles W.
(1831); brother of the next. (Boase, iii. 706; Boase, Collect.
Cornub., 926; Boase, Biblio. Cornub., 684; Clergy List;
Crockford; Burke, P. and B.; Walford, CoutUy Families;
G. Mag., 1864, I. 669; Foster, Index Eccles.)
STANHOPE, The Hon. HENRY WILLIAM. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Trinity Hall, Apr. 27, 181 2. [6th] s. of Charles [3rd] Earl
of Harrington (and Jane, dau. of Sir John Fleming, Bart., of
Brompton Park). [B. Aug. 2, 1790.] School, Eton. Matnc.
Michs. 181 2; M.A. 1814. V. of Chesham, Bucks., 1826-47. R. of Gawsworth, Cheshire, 1827-72. Married. Died, s.p.,
June 21, 1872. Brother of the above. (Eton Sch. Lists;
Crockford; Foster, Index Eccles.; Burke, P. and B.)
STANHOPE (post STOTT-STANHOPE), HERBERT STOTT.
Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 10, 1864. S. of George Stott
(post Stott-Stanhope), gent, [of Eccleshill Hall, near Bradford]
(and Mary Anne, dau. of Barton Stanhope, Esq.). B. Oct. 29,
1844, at Bradford. School, Bingley. Matric. Michs. 1864.
Of Poole House, near Leeds. An enthusiastic tramer of
carrier-pigeons. .Married Augusta Yorke. Died c. 1930, at
Huddersfield. (H.G.C.; Changes of Name; Walford, County Families.)
STANHOPE, JOHN MONTAGUE SPENCER. Adm. pens, (age 19)
at Magdalene, July 9, 1880. [Eldest] s. of [Sir] Walter Thomas WiUiam [K.C.B., M.P.], of Cannon HaU, Bamsley,
Yorks (and Elizabeth Julia, dau. of Sir John Jacob Buxton,
Bart) B Dec. 31, i860. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1880;
B A. 1884; M.A. 1891. Capt., West Yorkshire Regt. (Vol. Bn.). Of Hill House, Cawthome, Yorks. J. P. and D.L for
the West Riding; J. P. for ArgyUs. Married, 1890, Ida Mary,
2nd dau. of Sir Lionel Pilkmgtoa, nth Bart. Succeeded his father at Cannon HaU, Bamsley, 191 1. Died July 10, 1944-
Brother of Edward C. S. (1881). (Burke, E.G.; The Times,
July 12, 1944; Eton Sch. Lists; Walford, County Families.)
STANHOPE, PHILIP DORMER. Adm. (age 17) at King's, a scholar from Eton, May 27, I77i. [S. of Charles (and
Catherine Margaret, dau. of Thomas Cope Freeman, of
Abbots Langley, Herts.). B. Feb. I2, 1752, m Westminster.
Bapt. Mar. i, 1752, at St John's, Westminster.] Matnc. Michs 1771. Expelled from the College for misconduct, 1772.
Served in India under the Nabob of Arcot, 1773-8. Comet,
ist Dragoon Guards, 1780; Ensign, 12 th Foot, 178 1-4.
Man-ied, Jan. 10, 1780, Elizabeth Hughes. Author, Genuine Metnoirs of Asiaticus. (Eton Coll. Reg.)