Note 102 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 2)
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Philip, fifth Earl of Chesterfield (1755–1815), son of Arthur Stanhope, Esq., of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, succeeded his relation and godfather, the celebrated politician and wit, in 1773. His former tutor, Dr. William Dodd (1729–1777), whom he appointed to the living of Wing, forged his name in 1777 for a bond of 4200l. Dodd was arrested, and notwithstanding great efforts made to save him, he suffered the supreme penalty of the law.