Hester Pitt

1755 - 1780  (24 years)

• Name	Hester Pitt
  Born	18 Oct 1755	Pay Office   [1]
  Christened	20 Nov 1755	Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London   [2]
  Died	18 Jul 1780	Chevening, Kent   [3]
  Buried	South East Vault under the Stanhope Chantry at St. Botolph's, Chevening, Kent   [4]
  Person ID	I00688	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	1st Earl Chatham, William Pitt,   b. 15 Nov 1708, Golden Square, St. James', Westminster, London ,   d. 11 May 1778, Hayes, Near Bromley, Kent  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lady Chatham Hester Grenville,   b. 08 Nov 1720,   d. 03 Apr 1803, Burton Pynsent, Somerset  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F00038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	3rd Earl Stanhope Charles Stanhope,   b. 03 Aug 1753, London, England ,   d. 15 Dec 1816, Chevening, Kent  (Age 63 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1774  [5]
  "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	1. Hester Lucy Stanhope,   b. 12 Mar 1776, London ,   d. 23 Jun 1839, Lebanon  (Age 63 years)   2. Griselda Stanhope,   b. 21 Jul 1778,   d. 13 Oct 1851  (Age 73 years)   3. Lucy Rachel Stanhope,   b. 20 Feb 1780,   d. 01 Mar 1814, Coldharbour, Surrey  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Unmarked Miniature of Hester Pitt Courtesy of Chevening Collection. Image may not be used without written permission.

  
  

• 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. ----------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  "Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" by Basil Williams, Volume 2, page 128. [S00003] FamilySearch.org. "Dictionary of National Biography", Volume 45, by Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee, 1896, page 366. List of Interments in the Underground Vaults of the Stanhope Chantry from 1964. Sent to me by a Churchwarden at St. Botolph's. "Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: A New Light on Her Life and Love Affairs" by Frank Hamel pub: 1913 page 5.