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Chesterfield (PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE th Earl)

PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4th Earl of, an English statesman and litterateur; born in London, Sept 22, 1694. After studying in his youth with a zeal of which he afterward thought proper to be ashamed, he learned on the Continent of Europe his polished smoothness of manners, his love of gaming, and his loose code of morality. He entered public life in 1715, and took an active part in the petty intrigues and party squabbles which make up the parliamentary and court history of 1914 Chester had 153 manufactories, of the reign of George II. His diplo employing 7,127 hands. The principal matic skill was made useful in two forindustries were ship-building, foundry eign embassies; and his lord-lieutenancy CHESTERTON in Ireland in 1745, though lasting only a few months, has always been mentioned with distinguished praise. His "Letters" to his natural son are remarkable for their ease of style and their knowledge of society, but notoriously reprehensible for the principles of conduct which they inculcate. He died March 24, 1773.