See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

LADY HESTER See also:

• LUCY, RICHARD DE (d. 1179)

LUCY See also:

• STANHOPE, EARLS
• LADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE (1776-1839)

STANHOPE (1776-1839)  , the eldest See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of the 3rd See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• STANHOPE, EARLS
• STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY (1776-1839)

Stanhope by his first wife See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Hester See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 12th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1776, and dwelt at her See also:

• FATHER

father's seat of Chevening in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent until See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1800, when his excitable and wayward disposition drove her to her grandmother's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton Pynsent . A See also:

• YEAR

year or two later she travelled abroad, but her cravings after distinction were not satisfied until she became the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of her See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pitt, in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1803 . She sat at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of his table and assisted in welcoming his guests, gracing the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board with her stately beauty and enlivening the See also:

• COMPANY

company by her quickness and keenness of conversation . Although her brightness of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style cheered the declining days of Pitt and amused most of his See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, her satirical remarks sometimes created enemies when more See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration for the feelings of her associates would have converted them into friends . Lady Hester Stanhope possessed See also:

• GREAT

great business talents, and when Pitt was out of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office she acted as his private secretary . She was with him in his dying illness, and some of his last thoughts were concerned with her future, but any anxiety which might have arisen in her mind on this point was dispelled through the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant by a nation grateful for her uncle's qualities of a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £1200 a year, dating from the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 18o6, which Lady Hester Stanhope enjoyed for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of her days . On Pitt's See also:

• DEATH

death she lived in See also:

• MONTAGU (Family)
• MONTAGU (or MOUNTAGUE), RICHARD (1577-1641)
• MONTAGU, ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1720-1800)
• MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY (1689–1762)
• MONTAGU, RALPH, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1638-1709)

Montagu Square, See also:

• LONDON

London, but See also:

• LIFE

life in London without the See also:

• INTEREST

interest caused by associating with the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal politicians of the Tory party proved irksome to her, and she sought See also:

• RELIEF

relief from lassitude in the fastnesses of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . Whilst she remained on See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• SOIL

soil happiness found no See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in her See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart, and her native See also:

• LAND

land was finally abandoned in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1810 . After many wanderings she settled among the See also:

• DRUSES
• DRUSES, or DRUZES (Arab. Druz)

Druses on Mt See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon, and from this solitary position she wielded an almost See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute authority over the surrounding districts . Her See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over the natives was sufficiently commanding to induce See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim See also:

• PASHA

Pasha, when about to invade See also:

• SYRIA

Syria in 1832, to solicit her See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality, and this supremacy was maintained by her commanding See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and by the belief that she possessed the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

• DIVINATION
• DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY

divination . Her cherished See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion, See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams, and her trusted medical attendant, Dr See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• MERYON, CHARLES (1821-1868)

Meryon (1783-1877), dwelt with her for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; but the former died in 1828, and Meryon See also:

• LEFT

left Mt Lebanon in 1831, only returning for a final visit from See also:

• JULY

July 1837 to August 1838 . In this lonely See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, the See also:

• VILLA

villa of Djoun, 8 m. from See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon, in a house " hemmed in by arid mountains, " and with. the troubles of a household of some See also:

• THIRTY

thirty servants, only waiting for her death to See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder the house, Lady Hester Stanhope's strength slowly wasted away, and at last she died on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1839 .

The dissappointments of her life, and the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of overawing her servants as well as the chiefs who surrounded Djoun, had intensified a See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper naturally imperious . In See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as in See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice she resembled her grandfather, the first See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham, and like him she domineered over the circle, large or small, in which she was placed . Some years after her death there appeared three volumes of See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician (Dr Meryon, 1845), and these were followed in the succeeding year by three volumes of Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, forming the Completion of her Memoirs narrated by her Physician . They presented a lively picture of this See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange woman's life and character, and contained many anecdotes of Pittand his colleagues in political life for a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century before his death . See also Mrs Charles Roundell, Lady Hester Stanhope (1910) .