The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford, by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855.
Notable winners Notable Stanhope Prize winners:
John Richard Magrath, 1860H. A. P. Sawyer, ‘Magrath, John Richard (1839–1930)’, rev. M. C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Francis Jeune, 1863, 1st Baron St HelierHerbert Stephen, 'Jeune, Francis Henry, Baron St Helier (1843–1905)', rev. Sinéad Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, 1866J. M. Rigg, 'Langmead, Thomas Pitt Taswell (1840–1882), rev. Catherine Pease-Watkin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Thomas Buchanan, 1868, Liberal politicianGordon F. Millar, 'Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn (1846–1911)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Arthur Francis Leach, 1872 Richard Lodge, 1875Geoffrey Best, 'Lodge, Sir Richard (1855–1936)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Charles Harding Firth, 1877, British historian Arthur Elam Haigh, 1878S. J. Low, 'Haigh, Arthur Elam (1855–1905)', rev. Richard Smail, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Holden Hutton, 1881H. C. G. Matthew, 'Hutton, William Holden (1860–1930)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 John Bruce Williamson, 1883, barrister, historian and writerSir Ivo d'Oyle Elliot. "Williamson, John Bruce". The Balliol College Register. Second Edition. Printed by John Johnson at the University Press. 1934. p 129. Google Books William Carr, 1884, biographer Owen Morgan Edwards, 1886Gareth Elwyn Jones, 'Edwards, Sir Owen Morgan (1858–1920)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 George Arnold Wood, 1889, English Australian historian John Buchan, 1897, British novelist Robert Rait, 1899D. M. Abbott, 'Rait, Sir Robert Sangster (1874–1936)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Robert Howard Hodgkin was proxime Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, 1902, New College, Oxford, British classical scholar and historian Archibald Main, 1903 Henry Delacombe Roome, KC, 1904, Barrister George Stuart Gordon, 1905R. H. Darwall-Smith, 'Gordon, George Stuart (1881–1942)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle, 1907, British politician and public servant Vivian Hunter Galbraith, 1911, English historian Michael Sadleir, 1912Derek Hudson, 'Sadleir , Michael Thomas Harvey (1888–1957)', rev. Sayoni Basu, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Aldous Huxley, 1916, English writer Bruce McFarlane, 1924G. L. Harriss, 'McFarlane, (Kenneth) Bruce (1903–1966)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 K. B. McFarlane, 1924 Bernard Miller, 1925, British businessmanThe Daily Telegraph "Obituary" 28 February 2003 Maurice Ashley, editor of The Listener Derek Pattinson, 1951, Secretary-General of the General Synod of the Church of EnglandThe Times "Obituary" 14 October 2006
In fiction In Max Beerbohm's satirical tragedy of undergraduate life at Oxford, Zuleika Dobson (1911), the hero Duke of DorsetOr in full, John Albert Edward Claude Orde Angus Tankerton Tanville-Tankerton, fourteenth Duke of Dorset, Marquis of Dorset, Earl of Grove, Earl of Chastermaine, Viscount Brewsby, Baron Grove, Baron Petstrap, and Baron Wolock was awarded, amongst others, the Stanhope:
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