James Stanhope (MP)
James Banks Stanhope was a British Conservative Party politician.
Family
Stanhope was the son of former MP and British Army officer the Hon. James Hamilton Stanhope and Lady Frederica-Louisa Murray, daughter of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield. His father was the youngest son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope.Revesby Abbey
Stanhope inherited Revesby Abbey in 1823 from his father but did not succeed to the estate until 1842, however, as he was a minor. By the time he succeeded to the estate, it had fallen into disrepair and had been emptied.In 1843, he commissioned Scottish architect William Burn to redesign the new abbey in a mixture of Jacobean and Elizabethan, also known as Jacobethan. The building was demolished in 1844, with its materials sold at auction, to make way for the abbey's third incarnation.
During this period, new screen gates and a lodge were added on the south boundary. The estate was then completed in 1846 and, following financial losses from the British Agriculture, his estate generated an income of £13,000 a year.
The estate was passed to Stanhope's elected heir who was his first cousin once removed, the Hon. Edward Stanhope.