Philip Dormer Stanhope was born in St James's. Died at Chesterfield House Grosvenor Square. Statesman, diplomat and wit. Knight of the Garter. Wrote long letters to his son and godson, giving advice, etc.
"Singularity is only pardonable in old age and retirement; I may now be as singular as I please, but you may not."
"Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Here lived Philip, second Earl of Chesterfield, born 1633 : died 1713, also P...
Vice-President of the Chelsea Temperance Society in 1908.
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Master of the Innholders 1920 - 21.
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
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