Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (born Jan. 30, 1805, Walmer, Kent, Eng.—died Dec. 24, 1875, Bournemouth, Hampshire) was an English politician and historian who was chiefly responsible for the founding of Britain’s National Portrait Gallery. Stanhope studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and entered Parliament in 1830. Although he made no special mark in politics, he was chiefly responsible for passage of the Literary Copyright Act of 1842, which, in part, provided that books be...