Lovell Stanhope

Lovell Stanhope (1720–1783) was a British lawyer, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1783.

His father was canon of Windsor and was a distant cousin of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.

Lord Chesterfield brought him into the secretary of state's office as a law clerk in 1747 and he held the position until 1774.

Lord Halifax appointed him under-secretary in 1764, but he resigned in 1765 when the Duke of Grafton demanded his full-time attention in the office.

[1] At the 1774 General Election, after resigning his clerkship, Stanhope was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Winchester on the interest of the Duke of Chandos.