George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (28 September 1831 – 1 December 1871), styled Lord Stanhope until 1866, was a British soldier, and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1860 until 1866 when he inherited his peerage and sat in the House of Lords.

Chesterfield entered the British Army and achieved the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards.

In 1860 Chesterfield played first-class cricket for Gentlemen of the North and for Nottinghamshire.

He also turned out for Marylebone Cricket Club and Gentlemen of the Midland Counties.

Chesterfield played ten innings in five first-class matches with an average of 13.50 and a top score of 65.