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Hester Stanhope, Viscountess Mahon (19 October 1755 – 20 July 1780), formerly Lady Hester Pitt, was the wife of Charles Stanhope, Viscount Mahon, later the 3rd Earl Stanhope. She was the eldest daughter of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by his wife, the former Hester Grenville (1720–1803), herself the daughter of the 1st ...
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (Chevening, Kent, Inglaterra; 12 de marzo de 1776-Djoun, Siria, 23 de junio de 1839) fue una aristócrata inglesa aventurera y anticuaria.
Born into one of the most powerful political families in Britain, for a brief period Lady Hester Stanhope was at the heart of British politics, living with her uncle, the Prime Minister William Pitt, at Walmer Castle and in London from 1803 until his death in 1806.
Aristocratic English traveler who pioneered Western access to remote areas of the Middle East and later settled in the region, performing humanitarian services and acquiring a reputation for wisdom and sanctity. Name variations: Lady Hester Stanhope.
26 de sept. de 2022 · She was the first English woman to enter the Great Pyramid. She was shipwrecked in Rhodes, and started dressing as a man. She conducted excavations in Palestine, and she rode through...
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
8 de mar. de 2015 · Little is known about the short life of William Pitt the younger’s eldest sister, Lady Hester (Pitt) Stanhope, Viscountess Mahon (1755-1780). Unlike her daughter, also named Lady Hester Stanhope, Lady Mahon did not live past the age of sixty, and travel throughout Europe and the Middle East.
