Leicester Stanhope as a little drummer boy. Process print after F. Bartolozzi after Sir J. Reynolds.

Leicester Stanhope, the future 5th earl of Harrington, pursued a military career, foreshadowed in this print. "He entered the army in 1799 as a cornet. In 1803 he was promoted captain and in 1807 he served in South America. From 1815 to 1817 he was deputy adjutant-general in the East Indies and in 1816 was promoted major. From 1817 to 1821 he was deputy quartermaster-general in India. For his services in the Anglo-Maratha War of 1817–18 he was created CB on 14 October 1818. In 1823 he was placed on half pay with the rank of lieutenant-colonel and became full colonel in 1837." (Oxford dictionary of national biography). He was also involved in Greek politics