James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope

The Right Honourable The Earl Stanhope KG DSO MC PC
Leader of the House of Lords
In office 21 February 1938 – 14 May 1940
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Halifax
Succeeded by	The Viscount Caldecote
Lord President of the Council
In office 3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Succeeded by	Neville Chamberlain
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 27 October 1938 – 3 September 1939
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	Duff Cooper
Succeeded by	Winston Churchill
President of the Board of Education
In office 28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	Hon. Oliver Stanley
Succeeded by	The Earl De La Warr
First Commissioner of Works
In office 16 June 1936 – 27 May 1937
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Hon. William Ormsby-Gore
Succeeded by	Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 18 January 1934 – 16 June 1936
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Anthony Eden
Succeeded by	Viscount Cranborne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
In office 10 November 1931 – 18 January 1934
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Lord Marley
Succeeded by	The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
In office 24 August 1931 – 10 November 1931
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Charles Ammon
Succeeded by	Lord Stanley
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
In office 11 November 1924 – 7 June 1929
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Frank Hodges
Succeeded by	George Hall
Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office
In office 14 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 20 April 1905 – 15 August 1967 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 6th Earl Stanhope
Succeeded by	The 11th Earl of Harrington (as viscount Stanhope of Mahon)
Personal details
Born	James Richard Stanhope (1880-11-11)11 November 1880
Died	15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 86)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lady Eileen Browne (1889–1940)[1]
Parent(s)	Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope Evelyn Pennefather

James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, KG, DSO, MC, PC (11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967), styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, was a British Conservative politician.