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English politician
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Biography
Sir Michael Stanhope (c. 1549 – c. 1621), of Sudbourne, Suffolk, was an English politician. Stanhope was the youngest surviving son of Michael Stanhope and Anne Rawson.
He was one of Queen Elizabeth's Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber. He was knighted in 1603 by King James I. He married Elizabeth Read, the daughter of Sir William Read of Osterley, Middlesex, by whom he had three daughters, who were his coheirs. There is a monument to him in Sudbourne church.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Rising in 1584, Ipswich in 1597 and 1601, and for Orford in 1604.