Person    | Male  Born 1805  Died 1875

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

Philip Henry Stanhope was a historian, statesman and a founder of the National Portrait Gallery.

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Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

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