The title of Earl Stanhope was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1718 for James Stanhope, the principal minister of King George I. The title became extinct upon the death of the 7th Earl in 1967. The Earls Stanhope bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Stanhope (1717) and Baron Stanhope (1717), both in the Peerage of Great Britain. With the extinction of the Earldom, these titles passed to the Earl of Harrington.

Earls Stanhope (1718)

• James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673-1721)
• Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714-1786)
• Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816)
• Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781-1855)
• Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875)
• Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope (1838-1905)
• James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1880-1967)