Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield

On 7 November 1616, he was created Baron Stanhope and was further elevated as Earl of Chesterfield on 4 August 1628.

[3][4] Leading up to the English Civil War, Chesterfield was summoned to Parliament in 1640 and took the side of King Charles I in the threatening conflict.

Shelford Manor, his home in Nottinghamshire, was garrisoned under the command of his son Philip.

They were attacked by a force led by Sir John Gell and Lord Brooke with 200 men and cannon.

Chesterfield himself was imprisoned and held on parole at his house in Covent Garden in lieu of being committed to the Tower of London.