Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope, FRS (15 August 1714 – 7 March 1786) was a British peer.

Stanhope's paternal aunt, Mary Fane, describes his birth

The son of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, and Lucy Pitt, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1721. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1735, and had a lifelong interest in mathematics. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1774.[1] He privileged the pursuit of science and mathematics over politics and became close to prominent natural philosophers such as Joseph Priestley and Benjamin Franklin. As a patron of various mathematicians, he came into contact with Thomas Bayes, one of the founders of Bayesian inference.[2]

On 25 July 1745, he married Grizel Hamilton, daughter of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning. They had two sons:

References

  1. ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Commerce (Barbados), Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and (1784). Institution and first Proceedings of the Society, etc. [1781–84.].{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741–1760. 29 August 1753.
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