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About Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Statesman • British

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, was a prominent British statesman, diplomat, and celebrated man of letters. He is best known today for his series of letters to his illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope,...