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The Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825) : love, war and tragedy
- Title
- The Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825) : love, war and tragedy / by Mark Guscin.
- Author
- Guscin, Mark
- Publication
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2021.
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- Description
- xiii, 303 pages : illustrations (black & white); 22 cm
- Summary
- James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825) was the youngest son of the third Earl Stanhope, half-brother to Lady Hester Stanhope and personally present at the deaths of both Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger in 1806 and General Sir John Moore in Corunna in 1809. After being seriously wounded in the later stages of the Peninsular War, he found happiness in his marriage, which was soon cut short when his wife died giving birth to their second child. Two years later, James committed suicide.This is the first biography of James Hamilton Stanhope, covering his childhood, his fascinating family, his.
- Subject
- Stanhope, James Hamilton, 1788-1825
- Great Britain. Army > Officers > Biography
- Great Britain. Army
- 1807-1815
- Soldiers > Great Britain > Biography
- Politicians > Great Britain > Biography
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814 > Campaigns > Spain
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
- Armed Forces > Officers
- Military campaigns
- Politicians
- Soldiers
- Belgium > Waterloo
- Great Britain
- Spain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-1245
- ISBN
- 9781527566712
- 1527566714
- OCLC
- 1240575445
- Author
- Guscin, Mark, author.
- Title
- The Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825) : love, war and tragedy / by Mark Guscin.
- Publisher
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2021.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1807-1815
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Guscin, Mark. Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825). Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2021 9781527567979 (OCoLC)1246575639
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-1245