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Is it possible that what you are seeing is a reference to the British commander Stanhope for whom the Stanhope medal is named? Here is some bio on him.

Stanhope Medal

The Stanhope Medal is awarded annually in memory of the romantically named Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope (1823-1871).

A direct descendant of the first Earl of Chesterfield, Stanhope joined the Royal Navy as a boy and, by the time of his death in 1871, had achieved the rank of Commander.

He died from smallpox at the age of 48. A group of his closest friends set up a memorial fund and raised several hundred pounds.

In 1851, Stanhope had won a Royal Humane Society Silver Medal for saving the life of a seaman.

It seems he may have saved other lives, too. His obituary in The Times (10 July 1871) recalled that "on several occasions he showed readiness to risk his own life for others."

His friends decided to give the money raised to the Royal Humane Society on condition it would "agree to give annually a gold-medal for the case of the greatest gallantry during the year, to be called the "Stanhope Medal".

The first Stanhope Medal was awarded in 1873 to Captain Matthew Webb who, two years later, became the first person to swim the English Channel.