George Stanhope (5 March 1660 – 18 March 1728) was a clergyman of the Church of England, rising to be Dean of Canterbury and a Royal Chaplain. He was also amongst the commissioners responsible for the building of fifty new churches in London, and a leading figure in church politics of the early 18th century. Stanhope also founded the Stanhope School in 1715.
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5 March 1660 Hartshorne, Derbyshire
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Died |
18 March 1728 (aged 68) Bath
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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