title: Stanhope (name)
text: # Stanhope (name)
  
  Stanhope is an English surname of medieval origins, meaning 'a dweller on a stony ridge'. It has also been used as a given name.
  
  ## List
  
  Notable people with the name include:
  
  ### Surname
  
  * Alexander Stanhope (1638–1707), English envoy in Madrid
  * Arthur Stanhope (1627–1694), English politician who sat in the House of Commons
  * Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (1838–1905), British Conservative Party politician
  * Charles Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Doug Stanhope (born 1967), American stand-up comedian
  * Edward Stanhope (1840–1893), British Conservative Party politician
  * Elizabeth Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Ferdinando Stanhope (died 1643), English politician who sat in the House of Commons
  * George Stanhope (1660–1728), clergyman of the Church of England
  * George Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Henry Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839), British socialite, adventurer and traveler
  * James Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * John Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Jon Stanhope (born 1951), Australian politician
  * Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington (1784–1862), English peer and soldier
  * Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827), English novelist
  * Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1609–1667), English governess and Postmaster General
  * Mark Stanhope (born 1952), British Royal Navy officer
  * Michael Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Philip Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Richard Stanhope (born 1957), British Olympic rower
  * Rosamund Stanhope (1919–2005), British poet and teacher
  * Sydney Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington (1845–1866), English peer
  * Thomas Stanhope (1540–1596), English Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire
  * William Stanhope (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Stanhope (Middlesex cricketer), cricketer from 1787 to 1798
  
  ### Given name
  
  * Stanhope Aspinwall (1713–1771), British diplomat
  * Stanhope Forbes (1857–1947), Irish-British artist and founder of a school of painters
  * Stanhope Wood Nixon (1894–1958), vice president of Nixon Nitration Works during the company's 1924 disaster
  