Philip Stanhope 1714 - 1786
- occupation:
- Peer
- Nationality:
- English; British
1720 - succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Stanhope of Mahon, in the island of Minorca, 2nd Baron Stanhope of Elvaston, co. Derby and 2nd Earl Stanhope.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; lifelong interest in mathematics and was patron of mathematicians