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
editNotable Stanhope Prize winners:
- John Richard Magrath, 1860[1]
- Francis Jeune, 1863, 1st Baron St Helier[2]
- Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, 1866[3]
- Thomas Buchanan, 1868, Liberal politician[4]
- Arthur Francis Leach, 1872
- Richard Lodge, 1875[5]
- Charles Harding Firth, 1877, British historian
- Arthur Elam Haigh, 1878[6]
- Holden Hutton, 1881[7]
- John Bruce Williamson, 1883, barrister, historian and writer[8]
- William Carr, 1884, biographer
- Owen Morgan Edwards, 1886[9]
- George Arnold Wood, 1889, English Australian historian
- John Buchan, 1897, British novelist
- Robert Rait, 1899[10]
- Robert Howard Hodgkin was proxime[11]
- Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, 1902, New College, Oxford, British classical scholar and historian[12]
- Archibald Main, 1903
- George Stuart Gordon, 1905[13]
- Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle, 1907, British politician and public servant[14]
- Vivian Hunter Galbraith, 1911, English historian
- Michael Sadleir, 1912[15]
- Aldous Huxley, 1916, English writer
- Bruce McFarlane, 1924[16]
- Bernard Miller, 1925, British businessman[17]
- Maurice Ashley, editor of The Listener
- Derek Pattinson, 1951, Secretary-General of the General Synod of the Church of England[18]
In fiction
editIn Max Beerbohm's satirical tragedy of undergraduate life at Oxford, Zuleika Dobson (1911), the hero Duke of Dorset[19] was awarded, amongst others, the Stanhope:
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.[20]
References
edit- ^ H. A. P. Sawyer, ‘Magrath, John Richard (1839–1930)’, rev. M. C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ Herbert Stephen, 'Jeune, Francis Henry, Baron St Helier (1843–1905)', rev. Sinéad Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ J. M. Rigg, 'Langmead, Thomas Pitt Taswell (1840–1882), rev. Catherine Pease-Watkin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ Gordon F. Millar, 'Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn (1846–1911)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ Geoffrey Best, 'Lodge, Sir Richard (1855–1936)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ S. J. Low, 'Haigh, Arthur Elam (1855–1905)', rev. Richard Smail, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ H. C. G. Matthew, 'Hutton, William Holden (1860–1930)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ Sir 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
- ^ Gareth Elwyn Jones, 'Edwards, Sir Owen Morgan (1858–1920)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ D. M. Abbott, 'Rait, Sir Robert Sangster (1874–1936)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ "Mr. R. H. Hodgkin: Provost of Queen's and Historian". Obituary. The Times. No. 52, 041. London. 30 June 1951. p. 8.
- ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36770. London. 17 May 1902. p. 11.
- ^ R. H. Darwall-Smith, 'Gordon, George Stuart (1881–1942)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ "Obituary: Lord Percy of Newcastle – a Stimulating Educationalist". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 4 April 1958. p. 8.
- ^ Derek Hudson, 'Sadleir , Michael Thomas Harvey (1888–1957)', rev. Sayoni Basu, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ G. L. Harriss, 'McFarlane, (Kenneth) Bruce (1903–1966)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ The Daily Telegraph "Obituary" 28 February 2003
- ^ The Times "Obituary" 14 October 2006
- ^ Or 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
- ^ Beerbohm, Max, Zuleika Dobson (Part 1 out of 5) online at fullbooks.com, accessed 16 August 2008
