biography
| name: |
Stanhope, James Stanhope, 1st Earl
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pronunciation:
[stanuhp]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1675–1721)
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| biography:
| British soldier and statesman, born in Paris, France. He entered parliament as a Whig in 1701, and commanded in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–13). He was secretary of state for foreign affairs under George I, and became his chief minister in 1717. |
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