Stanhope essay prize

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. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yGlJAAAAMAAJ 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{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=17 May 1902 |page=11 |issue=36770}}
• Archibald Main, 1903
• 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{{cite news |title= Obituary: Lord Percy of Newcastle – a Stimulating Educationalist |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=4 April 1958 |page=8 }}
• 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
• 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 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: {{blockquote|At Eton he had been called "Peacock", and this nick-name had followed him up to Oxford. It was not wholly apposite, however. For, whereas the peacock is a fool even among birds, the Duke had already taken (besides a particularly brilliant First in Mods) the Stanhope, the Newdigate, the Lothian, and the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse.Beerbohm, Max, [http://www.fullbooks.com/Zuleika-Dobson1.html Zuleika Dobson (Part 1 out of 5)] online at fullbooks.com, accessed 16 August 2008}}

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