CHESTERFIELD

George August us Frederick Stanhope , 6 Earl of ( only son of 5 Earl of Chesterfield 1755–1815 ). b. Bretby hall, Burton-on-Trent, Derby shire 23 May 1805; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; succeeded 29 Aug. 1815; lord of the bedchamber to George iv, 11 Aug. 1828 to 26 June 1830; master of the Buckhounds 30 Dec. 1834 to April 1835; P.C. 29 Dec. 1834; began racing 1826, won Ascot cup with Zinganee 1829, the Oaks with Industry 1838 and Lady Evelyn 1849 and St. Leger with Don John 1838; master of Pytchley hounds 1838–40; the yellow go amer overcoat known as a Chesterfield was called after him; he is depicted under name of Earl of Chester lane in D’Horsay, or the follies of the day by A man of fashion 1844. d. 3 Grosvenor sq. London 1 June 1866. bur. at Bretby church 8 June. Rice’s History of the British turf i , 284–6 (1879); Sporting Preview xxix , 450–2 (1858), lvi , 10, 79 (1866); Baily’s Mag. ii , 55–8 (1861), portrait ; Sporting Times 7 March 1885 ; Doyle’s Official baronage i , 374, (1886), portrait .