Stanhope (carriage)

[a] Stanhope designed several carriages, each bearing his name as was typical of the time period, and built by the London coachbuilder Tilbury.

The first design, the Stanhope Gig built in the 1810s, was a gig with a storage boot under the seat, a crosswise seat for two, no hood or top, bent shafts reinforced with ironwork, and four springs.The next design was the Stanhope Buggy, an English buggy which is basically a lighter weight gig with a falling hood.

The shortened form "Stanhope" refers to the gig style, which by 1830 was the most common two-wheeled carriage seen around London.

[3][4][5][6] The Stanhope Gig's new spring design consisted of "four springs, two side and two cross, forming a square; these supported the body of the vehicle".

[2]: 85–6, 89–90  Fitzroy Stanhope also designed the Tilbury gig, this time named after the builder, which omitted the storage boot and had a seven-spring configuration.