Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley
Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury PC (1839 – 1925) was an English peer.
Life
He was the son of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and the former Henrietta Dillon-Lee. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.
Stanley (then known as the Honourable Edward Lyulph Stanley) contested Oldham, in the Liberal interest, at elections in 1872, 1874, 1880 and 1885. He only won the 1880 contest and served in the House of Commons during the 1880-1885 Parliament. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1910.
Stanley was a member of the London School Board from 1876 to 1885 and also from 1888 to 1896. He wrote a book Our National Education (1899).[1][2]
Family
Stanley married Mary Katherine Bell, daughter of Lowthian Bell, on 6 February 1873. They had eight children:[3][4]
- Katharine Florence Clementine Stanley (died 1884)
- Henrietta Margaret Stanley (1874–1956), married William Edmund Goodenough.[5]
- Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875–1931)
- Edward John Stanley (1878–1908)
- Lt.-Col. Oliver Hugh Stanley (1879–1952)
- Sylvia Laura Stanley (1882–1980), married Anthony Morton Henley, and was mother of Rosalind Pitt-Rivers.[6][7]
- Blanche Florence Daphne Stanley (1885–1968), married Eric Pearce-Sorocold.[8]
- Beatrice Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)
References
- ↑ "STANLEY of Alderley, 4th Baron". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1662.
- ↑ The Hon. E. Lyulph Stanley (1899). Our National Education. London: James Nisbet & Co., Ltd.
- ↑ Mosly, Charles, ed. (19 December 2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: in three volumes. 3 (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage. p. 3721. ISBN 9780971196629.
- ↑ Curthoys, M. C. "Stanley, Edward Lyulph". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36244. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Brodie, Marc. "Goodenough, Sir William Edmund". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33452. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Papers of Sylvia Henley". University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ Cavalieri, Ralph R. (1993). "Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, Ph.D., F.R.S.: A Personal Tribute". Thyroid. 3 (2): 77–79. doi:10.1089/thy.1993.3.77.
- ↑ Mary Soames (February 2001). Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchills. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 144 note 1. ISBN 0-618-08251-4.
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Stanley
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Frederick Lowten Spinks John Tomlinson Hibbert |
Member of Parliament for Oldham 1880 – 1885 With: John Tomlinson Hibbert |
Succeeded by James Mackenzie Maclean John Tomlinson Hibbert |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Henry Stanley |
Baron Stanley of Alderley and Baron Eddisbury 1903 – 1925 |
Succeeded by Arthur Lyulph Stanley |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Henry North Holroyd |
Baron Sheffield 1909 – 1925 |
Succeeded by Arthur Lyulph Stanley |