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Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy

Pronunciation: /ˈstanəp/
Definition of Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy
  • (1776–1839), English traveller. Granted a pension on the death of her uncle, Pitt the Younger, she settled in a ruined convent in the Lebanon Mountains in 1814 and participated in Middle Eastern politics for several years.
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