A Noble General: Earl of Harrington

General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753-1829) of Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire, was the son of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington and Lady Caroline Fitzroy.
Commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1769, he was briefly Member of Parliament for Thetford and then for Westminster. During the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War as Viscount Petersham, Charles Stanhope commanded the 29th Regiment of Foot's Grenadier company and was an aide-de-camp to General John Burgoyne. He married Jane Fleming, daughter of Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet; they had eleven children.

This image is one of a number collected by the famous local antiquarian, Thomas Bateman, of Middleton by Youlgreave. (1821-1861). Bateman organized his collection by inserting them into a four volume copy of Lysons Magna Britannia, Derbyshire, a process known as 'Grangerising'. In doing so he created a fascinating and unique illustrated record of the county.