Talk:Earl of Chesterfield

On James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope it states that he inherited the Earldom but it became extinct (along with the Stanhope Earldom) when he died in 1967, and that he never used the Chesterfield title, sticking to the way he was best known. Which page is correct? Timrollpickering 00:00, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * The other one. From Cracroft's Peerage:
 * On the death of the 12th Earl of Chesterfield the Baronetcy of Stanwell House (cr. 1807) became extinct and his peerage titles passed to his kinsman, James Richard [Stanhope], 7th Earl Stanhope
 * Although the Earldom of Chesterfield was the senior title, the 7th Earl Stanhope did not apply for a Writ of Summons as 13th Earl of Chesterfield and continued to be known as Earl Stanhope. On his death without issue on 15 Aug 1967 the Earldoms of Chesterfield and Stanhope became extinct, along with the Barony of Stanhope, which had been held by the Earls of Chesterfield. The Viscountcy of Stanhope of Mahon and the Barony of Stanhope of Elvaston, which had been held by the Earls Stanhope, passed under the terms of their special remainders to his kinsman, William Henry Leicester [Stanhope], 11th Earl of Harrington
 * Proteus (Talk) 16:02, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The "chesterfield" disambiguation page lists a kind of couch and a tweed both named after this earl -- surely this page should at least mention them if not explain how that came to be? 62.232.55.118 (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Citations and Opening
I am wondering where all of this information was gathered. There are no in-line citations. Also, it would be helpful if the opening paragraph would explain who or what is the Earl and if there is any significance to this. And -what about that couch and overcoat that bear the Chesterfield name? Tsadowski (talk) 07:57, 18 December 2014 (UTC)