See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

STANLEY (See also:

• FAMILY

FAMILY)  . This See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient and historic See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FAMILY

family derived its name from See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley in See also:

• LEEK

Leek (in the See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire " moorlands ") . Its first known ancestor is See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam de Stanley, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Liulf de See also:

• AUDLEY, or AUDELEY, SIR JAMES (c. 1316-1386)
• AUDLEY, THOMAS AUDLEY, BARON (c. 1488-1544)

Audley, ancestor of the lords Audley, who lived in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen . His descendant See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William de Stanley acquired the forestership of Wirral, with an heiress, in 1284, and was ancestor of two See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, See also:

• SIR

Sir William and Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Stanley . The former married the heiress of Hooton in Wirral and was ancestor of the Stanleys of Hooton, whose baronetcy, created in 1661, became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in 1893 . The younger brother was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland under See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II. and See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV., obtained from the latter the Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man in See also:

• FEE

fee, built a fortified See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool, and became K.G . He married the heiress of the Lathoms, a native family who had held Lathom in thanage from the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest at least and Knowsley by See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight-service from the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . His See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas was See also:

• FATHER

father of the first See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby (see DERBY, EARLS OF) and of Sir William Stanley of See also:

• HOLT, SIR JOHN (1642–1710)

Holt, whose See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth led to his See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution for See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason in 1495, and also of Sir John Stanley, ancestor of the Stanleys of Alderley, who obtained a baronetcy in 166o and a See also:

• BARONY

barony in 1839 . Of the second earl's younger brothers, Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• MONTEAGLE, THOMAS
• MONTEAGLE, WILLIAM PARKER, 4TH BARON

Monteagle in 1514 for his services at See also:

• FLODDEN, or FLODDEN FIELD

Flodden, but the dignity passed with an heiress to the Parkers in 1581; and Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James was ancestor of the Stanleys of See also:

• BICKERSTAFFE, ISAAC (c. 1735-0. 1812)

Bickerstaffe, who obtained a baronetcy in 1628 and succeeded to the earldom in 1736 . Their father had married the heiress of Lord See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

Strange of Knockyn, and was summoned in that peerage from 1482 to 1497, but did not live to inherit the earldom . His wife was a first See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin of Henry VII.'s See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen . The 4th earl ,was summoned as Lord Strange, in his father's lifetime, as was the 5th earl, but the barony See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into See also:

• ABEYANCE (O. Fr. abeance, " gaping")

abeyance between his three daughters, who contested See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the family estates with his brother, the 6th earl .

He bought out their rights in the Isle of Man, and, by his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with a See also:

• SISTER

sister and co-See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir of the 18th earl of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, acquired a claim to the great chamberlainship, which he advanced in 1626 and which was renewed by their descendants . His son was summoned as Lord Strange in 1628 in the erroneous belief that the family retained the dignity, and a fresh barony of Strange was thus created . But on the See also:

• DEATH

death of the loth earl (1736) this barony, with the lordship of Man and other great estates, passed to the 2nd See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

Atholl, whose heir, the See also:

• PRESENT

present duke, holds the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title . The earldom with large estates in See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, passed to the heir male (see above) . Although the present wealth of the Stanleys is largely derived from the great See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial development of Lancashire, they were already a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to be reckoned with in that See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and in See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire at the time of the See also:

• WARS

Wars of the See also:

• ROSES, WARS OF THE

Roses, and have held a leading position ever since among English nobles . .For three centuries they were in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession lords-lieutenant of Lancashire and occasionally of Cheshire as well, and they have always lived in considerable See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Lathom House, their ancient seat, in the See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Derby (whence possibly the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of their earldom), was wrecked in the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and, though rebuilt by the ninth earl, was sold by his daughters . But Knowsley, with its great See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park, is still theirs, lying to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of Liverpool, in which their feudal See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower still stood in 1821 . See See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young's Hundred of Wirral (Liverpool, 1909) ; See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round's Peerage and See also:

• PEDIGREE

Pedigree (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1910); County Histories of Lancashire and Cheshire, and See also:

• WORKS

works on the peerage passim . (J . H . R.) The barony of STANLEY OF ALDERLEY was created in 1839 for Sir John Thomas Stanley, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart .

(1766-1850), of Alderley Park, Cheshire, a brother of Edward Stanley (1779–1849), See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich and father of See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• PENRHYN, GEORGE SHOLTO GORDON

Penrhyn Stanley . A member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament and a• See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society, he married Maria Josepha (d . 1863), daughter of John See also:

• HOLROYD, SIR CHARLES (1861– )

Holroyd,1st earl of See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield . Their eldest son, Edward John Stanley, 2nd See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron (1802–1869), entered the House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons in 1831 and became under-secretary to the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department in 1841, patronage secretary to the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury from 1835 to 1841, paymaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in 1841, and under-secretary for See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs from 1846 to 1852 . In 1848, two years before he succeeded to the barony of Stanley, he was created Baron Eddisbury of Winnington . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade from 1855 to 1858, and postmaster-general from x86o to 1866 . His wife, Henrietta Maria (1807–1895), a daughter of Henry See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus See also:

• DILLON, ARTHUR RICHARD (172I-1807)
• DILLON, JOHN (1851– )

Dillon-See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee, 13th See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Dillon,was a remarkable woman . Before her marriage in 1826 she had lived in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, and had attended the receptions of the countess of See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, the widow of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Edward, the Young Pretender; and in London she had great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in social and See also:

• POLITICAL

political circles . When he was patronage secretary her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband was described by Lord See also:

• PALMERSTON
• PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3RD VISCOUNT (1784-1865)

Palmerston as " See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-See also:

• WHIP

whip with Mrs Stanley." Later in See also:

• LIFE

life See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Stanley of Alderley helped to found the See also:

• WOMEN

Women's Liberal Unionist Association, and she was a strenuous worker for the higher See also:

• EDUCATION

education of women, helping to establish Girton See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, the Girls' Public See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day School See also:

• COMPANY

Company, and the Medical College for Women . She died on the 16th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1895 . Her younger son, Edward Lyulph Stanley (b . 1839), who in 1903 succeeded his brother Henry Edward John (1827–1903) as 4th baron, had previously had an active career as an educationist and a Liberal politician .

He was a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and was M.P. for See also:

• OLDHAM
• OLDHAM, JOHN (1653–1683)
• OLDHAM, THOMAS (1816–1878)

Oldham from 1880 to 1885 . He was for many years a member of the London School Board . In 1909 on the death of the 3rd earl of Sheffield, he inherited the barony of Sheffield, and that of Stanley of Alderley now became merged in it .