William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009) was a British

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  army captain and peer.

He was the son of Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington

Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington

Charles Joseph Leicester Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington was a British captain and peer.He was the son of Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington and Kathleen Wood....

 and Margaret Trelawney Seaton.

William succeeded to the titles of 11th Earl of Harrington, 11th Viscount Petersham of Petersham, 11th Baron Harrington on 16 November 1929. He was educated at Eton College

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, Eton

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, England

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. He fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 15th/19th

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars

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 King's Royal Hussars

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 (Royal Armoured Corps). He was educated at Royal Military Academy

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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, Sandhurst, England

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. He lived in 2003 at The Glen, Ballingarry

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, County Limerick

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, Ireland

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He died on 12 April 2009 at age 86. His granddaughter Serena Stanhope

Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley

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 married in 1993 David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley

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, nephew of Queen Elizabeth II

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Marriage and family

He married, firstly, Eileen Foley Grey, daughter of Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Bt. and Jean Jessie May de Sales la Terrière, on 5 February 1942. He and Eileen Foley Grey were divorced in 1947.

They had three children:

• Lady Jane Stanhope (25 November 1942 – January 1974)
• Lady Avena Margaret Clare Stanhope (born 29 March 1944)
• Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington (born 20 July 1945)

He married, secondly, Ann Theodora Chute, daughter of Major Richard Arenbourg Blennerhassett Chute, on 24 January 1947. He and Ann Theodora Chute were divorced in 1962.

They had three children:

• Lady Trina Maria Stanhope (born 30 December 1947)
• Hon. Steven Francis Lincoln Stanhope (born 12 December 1951)
• Lady Sarah Sue Stanhope (born 12 December 1951)

He married, thirdly, Priscilla Margaret Cubitt, daughter of Major Hon. Archibald Edward Cubitt and Sibell Margaret Norman, on 14 October 1964.

They had three children:

• Hon. John Fitzroy Stanhope (born 20 August 1965)
• Lady Isabella Rachel Stanhope
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