11. | Hester Pitt was born on 18 Oct 1755 in Pay Office; was christened on 20 Nov 1755 in Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London (daughter of 1st Earl Chatham, William Pitt and Lady Chatham Hester Grenville); died on 18 Jul 1780 in Chevening, Kent; was buried in South East Vault under the Stanhope Chantry at St. Botolph's, Chevening, Kent. Notes:
On her Christening Record (IGI Batch # C00145-8), Hester's name is mistakenly transcribed as "Esther". Her mother's name is also listed as the same.
--- "Derby Mercury" 21 Jul 1780, page 3:
On Thursday the 20th Instant died, at Chevening, in Kent, the Seat of Earl Stanhope, Hester Vicoutess Mahon, eldest Daughter of the late Earl of Chatham, in the 25th Year of her Age. Her many good and amiable Qualities make her greatly lamented by her Family and Friends.
--- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 50, 1780, page 348:
18. At Chevening, in Kent, the seat of the earl of Stanhope, Hester Viscountess Mahon, eldest dau. to the late earl of Chatham, in the 25th year of her age.
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Notes:
Married:
"Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: A New Light on Her Life and Love Affairs" by Frank Hamel pub: 1913 page 5:
The wedding tool place on December 19th, 1774, when Charles was still Lord Mahon. The Rev. Francis Fawkes, Rector of Hayes, addressed the following lines to the bride-groom, making a delicate allusion to his well-known Republican attitude:
'When gentle hearts in faithful union join,
And mix the Hero's with the Patriot line,
With every charm uniting every grace,
And all the virtues of the Temple race,
The happy omen we with joy admit,
And bless the match of Stanhope and Pitt.'
Children:
- Hester Lucy Stanhope was born on 12 Mar 1776 in London; was christened on 07 Apr 1776 in Saint Mary, St. Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, London; died on 23 Jun 1839 in Lebanon.
- Griselda Stanhope was born on 21 Jul 1778; died on 13 Oct 1851.
- 5. Lucy Rachel Stanhope was born on 20 Feb 1780; was christened on 30 Mar 1780 in St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, London; died on 01 Mar 1814 in Coldharbour, Surrey.
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