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James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673-1721), 1708 (c). Ivory portrait medallion, by Jean Mancel (active 1681-1717), 1708 (c). Bas relief, in profile to right, wearing armour and cloak. There is an inscription within the rope edging, ‘JACOBUS STANHOPE.’. James Stanhope served as a volunteer in Flanders in 1694 and was wounded at Namur before being given a commission as a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the First Foot Guards in 1695. In 1702 he obtained the colonelcy of a regiment, which later became the 11th Regiment of Foot. During the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713), James Stanhope served with British forces in Spain and Portugal under the command of the Earl of Peterborough. Always in favour of bold and aggressive action, Stanhope played an important role in the Allied capture of Barcelona in 1705. In 1708 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Spain, and in 1710 he commanded the left flank of the Allied Army at the Battle of Saragossa, where Bourbon troops were thoroughly beaten. His military career ended in December 1710 when he was captured.

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713)