James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope

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James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, was a British Conservative politician and peer who held several key government posts, including Secretary of State for War and Leader of the House of Lords, in the interwar and early Second World War period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer
Conservative Party politician
human
member of the House of Lords
areaOfInfluence British defence administration
British education system
British naval affairs
United Kingdom politics
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
familyName Stanhope
genre conservative politics
givenName James
Richard
hasGender male
honorificPrefix The Earl Stanhope
linked to: Earls Stanhope
isA British Conservative politician
British government minister
member of the British nobility
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Conservative Party (UK)
nobleTitle Earl Stanhope
notableFor service in early Second World War British governments
service in interwar British governments
occupation politician
statesman
ordinalOfNobleTitle 7
parliamentaryHouse House of Lords
politicalAlignment conservatism
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal
President of the Board of Education
Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Under-Secretary of State for War
residence United Kingdom
sphereOfActivity British government
linked to: UK government

defence policy
education policy
timePeriod Second World War
linked to: World War II

interwar period
title The Right Honourable

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Earl Stanhope hasTitleHolder James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
Chevening House bequeathedBy James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
linked to: James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope