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Colonel James Hamilton Stanhope (1788–1825), was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo. He was a Member of Parliament for Buckingham, 1817–1818, Fowey, 1818–1819, and Dartmouth 1822–1825. ==Biography== He was the third and youngest son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope. Stanhope was joined in the British Army at the age of 15, contrary to his father's wishes, but by the advice and influence of William Pitt the Younger; who was 3rd Earl's second cousin, by the marriage of his grandfather, the 1st Earl, to Lucy, sister of Robert Pitt of Boconnock (the Minister's grandfather). He entered the British Army as Ensign in the 1st Foot Guards, 26 December 26, 1805; was promoted Lieutenant and Captain, 14 January 1808; brevet Major, 21 June 2 1313; and Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards, 25 July 1814. Stanhope served in Spain, Portugal, Flanders, and France. He served as on the staff of General Sir John Moore as an ''aide-de-camp'' in 1809. He acted as extra ''aid-de-camp'' to Lord Lynedock (1810–1814). In 1812 was appointed a Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, and in 1813 as Assistant Quarter Master General in the Peninsula. During the storming of San Sebastian in late August early September 1813, Stanhope received a grape-shot wound in the spine. The decided opinion of the eminent surgeons by whom he was attended, was that the ball could not, without imminent risk of fatal consequences, be extracted, so it remained lodged in place and caused him immense suffering for the rest of his life. He remained in the army and in 1815 served as an assistant adjacent to Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo Campaign and took part in the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent the march upon Paris. From 1815 until he died he was aid-de-camp to Prince Frederick. Stanhope was first elected to parliament in 1817; he was returned for Fowey at the general election in 1818, but was not re-chosen in 1820. In that year he was, by the will of Sir Joseph Banks, appointed one of his four executors. Stanhope re-entered the House of Commons in early in 1822 as M.P. for Dartmouth, and continued so until his death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Hamilton Stanhope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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