Stanhope essay prize


The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford, by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855.

Notable winners

Notable Stanhope Prize winners:
In Max Beerbohm's satirical tragedy of undergraduate life at Oxford, Zuleika Dobson, the hero Duke of Dorset was awarded, amongst others, the Stanhope: