Sir Thomas Stanhope was a Tudor MP

Member of Parliament

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 for Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

 in England

England

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He was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope

Sir Michael Stanhope

Sir Michael Stanhope was a Nottinghamshire landowner and suspected rebel against the English Crown. He was a descendant of the ancient Stanhope family of Rampton, Nottinghamshire....

 and Ann Rawson, the eldest of eight surviving children. He was 12 years old when his father was executed in 1552. He lived at Shelford Manor

Shelford Priory

Shelford Priory, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded by Ralph Haunselyn around 1160-80 in Nottinghamshire. Later it became Shelford Manor.-The Priory:Haunselyn dedicated it to the Virgin Mary...

 Nottinghamshire.

In 1562 he was appointed Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests

This is a list of High Sheriffs 1068-1568.The High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests is a position established by the Normans in England.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown...

 and in 1574 and 1587 High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

’The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...

. In 1586 and 1593 he was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottinghamshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

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In 1596 he died in debt, partly caused by the cost of rebuilding Shelford Manor

Shelford Priory

Shelford Priory, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded by Ralph Haunselyn around 1160-80 in Nottinghamshire. Later it became Shelford Manor.-The Priory:Haunselyn dedicated it to the Virgin Mary...

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Family

He married Margaret Port of Etwall in Derbyshire, daughter of Sir John Port

John Port (the younger)

Sir John Port 'the Younger' was an English Knight of the Bath and Justice of the Common Pleas. He founded Repton School, an almshouse at Etwall and also has a secondary school named after him.-Biography:...

 of Etwall and Cubley, and Elizabeth Gifford.

Children:

• Sir John Stanhope
  Sir John Stanhope
  Sir John Stanhope was an English knight and landowner and father of the 1st Earl of Chesterfield.He was appointed Postmaster General to Queen Elizabeth on 20 June 1590....
  
   (1559-1611)
• Edward Stanhope
• Anne Stanhope, married John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
  John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
  John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare was an English nobleman.He was the son of Denzel Holles of Irby upon Humber and Eleanor Sheffield...