Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1677)

Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1658^[1] – 24 October 1677) was the daughter of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon,^[2] and the third wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.^[3]

She was born Lady Elizabeth Dormer at Ascott House, in Wing, Buckinghamshire. She married the widowed Earl of Chesterfield c1665.

She had four children by the Earl of Chesterfield:

• Lord Charles Stanhope d. 6 Feb 1703/4
• Lady Mary Stanhope+ d. 10 Jan 1703/4
• Lady Catherine Stanhope4 d. 1728
• Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield b. 3 Feb 1672/73, d. 27 Jan 1725/26.