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William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington

Summary
William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009), was a British army captain and peer. Stanhope was the son of Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington, and Margaret Trelawney Seaton. He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 16 November 1929. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1967, the 11th Earl also succeeded as eighth Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and eighth Baron Stanhope of Elvaston, following the death of his distant relative James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope. He inherited these titles (but not the Stanhope earldom) by a special remainder in the latter's patent which allowed these titles to be inherited by the male heirs of John Stanhope, father of the first Earl of Harrington. Lord Harrington fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of captain in the service of the 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars (Royal Armoured Corps). Lord Harrington married three times and had eight children. He married, firstly, Eileen Foley Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet, and Jean Jessie May de Sales la Terrière, on 5 February 1942. He and Eileen Foley Grey were divorced in 1947. They had three children, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren: Lady Jane Stanhope (25 November 1942–January 1974), she married Anthony Cameron on 29 September 1965. They had two children and three grandchildren: James Cameron (born 28 March 1967), he married Miriam Nugent on 17 July 1997. They have two sons and a daughter : Jack Cameron (born 13 October 2000) Conn Cameron (born 20 December 2001) Abigail Cameron Henrietta Cameron (born 1970), she married Austin Power on 30 December 1997. They have one daughter and one son: Zoey Jane Power (born 17 May 2001) David Power Lady Avena Margaret Clare Stanhope (born 29 March 1944), she married Adrian James Maxwell on 12 July 1969. They have two daughters: Sacha Jane Maxwell (born 1974) Kerry Alice Maxwell (born 1978) Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (born 20 July 1945), he married Virginia Freeman-Jackson on 14 September 1966 and they were divorced in 1983.
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