James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope (1880-1967) was a British politician in the late 1930s as The Earl Stanhope.

He married Lady Eileen Agatha Browne (1889-1940), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Sligo . In 1952 he succeeded his kinsman the 12th Earl of Chesterfield as 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 13th Baron Stanhope, but never used the more senior Earldom of Chesterfield, and continued to be known as The Earl Stanhope. As he had no close heirs, both Earldoms and the Barony of Stanhope became extinct upon his death, but the Viscountcy of Stanhope of Mahon and the Barony of Stanhope of Elvaston passed to his nearest heir, the 11th Earl of Harrington .

The 7th Earl Stanhope left his country seat Chevening to the Nation.

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Oliver Stanley | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |President of the Board of Education
1937–1938 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
The Earl De La Warr

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The Viscount Halifax | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Leader of the House of Lords
1938–1940 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
The Viscount Caldecote

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Duff Cooper | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |First Lord of the Admiralty
1938–1939 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Winston Churchill

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The Viscount Runciman of Doxford | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Lord President of the Council
1939–1940 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Neville Chamberlain