Eugenia Stanhope

Christopher Mayo (Adelphi University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

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Born 1729
Died 1783
Activity 1774-1783

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Born in England
Active in England

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Eugenia Stanhope, née Pieters, was born circa 1729 in London. She married Philip Stanhope, illegitimate son of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in 1767, though they had lived together nominally as husband and wife from at least 1760. In 1774, despite objections by Lord Chesterfield’s executors, she co-edited

Lord Chesterfield’s Letters to his Son

(her husband had died in 1768, her father-in-law in 1773). Stanhope is known to have written only five short pieces, all connected with

Letters to his Son

: a defense of the upcoming publication against Chesterfield’s executors (1774), the dedication and advertisement in the first edition of

Letters to his Son

(1774), a spirited defense of the

Letters

in the second edition (1774), and the preface, published posthumously, of

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Citation: Mayo, Christopher. "Eugenia Stanhope". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 June 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5927, accessed 25 November 2024.]