"Stanhope, Sir John"@en . "1611Z"^^ . "Sir John Stanhope (1559 \u2013 1611) was an English knight and landowner, and father of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield.John Stanhope was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope (d.1596) of Shelford Manor, Nottinghamshire, by Margaret Port, the daughter of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire, and Elizabeth Gifford.He was appointed Postmaster General to Queen Elizabeth on 20 June 1590."@en . "English knight" . "1559Z"^^ .