Stanhope

·noun A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top;

— so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.

Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope
(1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
(1694-1773) Statesman and letter-writer, was the eldest s. of the 3rd Earl. After being at Trinity ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin