[2] He was a General in the Army and also represented Bury St Edmunds in the House of Commons.

His son, the third Earl, was also a General in the Army and sat as Member of Parliament for Thetford and Westminster.

The house and grounds are currently owned by Derbyshire County Council, which has opened the gardens as a country park.

The 5th Earl had a London townhouse built on land formerly belonging to Kensington Palace – Harrington House remained in the family until the First World War.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, William Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (born 1967).