Chesterfield

Title formerly borne by the English family of Stanhope, later Scudamore-Stanhope, created in 1628.

In 1883 the direct line failed, and Henry Scudamore-Stanhope became the 9th earl. The title devolved on the 7th Earl Stanhope on the death of the 12th Earl of Chesterfield in 1952, and both earldoms became extinct at his death in 1967.