Thomas Stanhope

Family

• Sir Edward Stanhope, a member of Queen Elizabeth's Council of the North. He married Susan Coleshill, the daughter and heir of Thomas Coleshill, esquire, of Chigwell, Essex, inspector of customs for the City of London, by whom he had several sons and daughters, including a daughter who married Sir Percival Hart.
• John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, created Baron Stanhope of Harrington by King James. The title became extinct in 1675 with the death of his only son.
• Edward Stanhope, Doctor of Civil Law and a Master of the Court of Chancery.
• Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudbourne near Woodbridge, Suffolk, one of Queen Elizabeth's Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber. He was knighted in 1603 by King James. He married Elizabeth Read, the daughter of Sir William Read of Osterley, Middlesex, by whom he had two daughters and coheirs. There is a monument to him in Sudbourne church.
• William Stanhope, who died an infant.
• Edward Stanhope, who died an infant.
• Eleanor Stanhope, who married Thomas Cooper of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire.
• Juliana Stanhope, who married John Hotham, esquire, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
• Jane Stanhope, who married firstly Sir Roger Townshend, and secondly, as his second wife, Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley.
• Margaret Stanhope, who died an infant.

  Career

Marriage and issue

• Sir John Stanhope, who married firstly, Cordell Alington, and secondly, Catherine Trentham.
• Edward Stanhope.
• Anne Stanhope, who married John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare, the son of Denzel Holles and Eleanor Sheffield, daughter of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield.