Charles Stanhope ( 1673 - 1760 )

Birth: 1673 Death: 16 March 1760 Education: Inner Temple Career: Called to the Bar (1703); Under-Secretary of State to his cousin, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1714-1717); MP for Milborne Port (1717-1722); MP for Aldborough (1722-1734); MP for Harwich (1734-1741); Secretary to the Treasury (1717-1721); charged with accepting bribes from the South Sea Company, his acquittal caused outrage (1721); Treasurer of the Chamber (1722-1727); George II refused to give him preferment, having found papers in his handwriting advising George I to deal with his troublesome son by having him kidnapped and removed to some other part of the world Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/07/1726 Proposers: General Sir Francis Nicholson.