Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1677)
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Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1658[1] – 24 October 1677) was the daughter of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon and his wife Elizabeth,[2] and the third wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.[3]
She was born Lady Elizabeth Dormer at Ascott House, in Wing, Buckinghamshire. She married the widowed Earl of Chesterfield c1665.
She had four children by the Earl of Chesterfield:
- Lord Charles Stanhope d. 6 Feb 1703/4
- Lady Mary Stanhope+ d. 10 Jan 1703/4
- Lady Catherine Stanhope4 d. 1728
- Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield b. 3 Feb 1672/73, d. 27 Jan 1725/26.