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    James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, KG (31 January 1607 – 15 October 1651) was an English nobleman, politician, and supporter of the Royalist cause in the...
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    Derby (1559–1594) William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (bef. 1584–1642) James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607–1651) Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby...
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    William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG (1561 – 29 September 1642) was an English nobleman and politician. Stanley inherited a prominent social position...
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    Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (31 January 1607 – 15 October 1651), married Charlotte de la Tremoille, by whom he had issue. Sir Robert Stanley (died 1632)...
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    1628. James Stanley later succeeded his father as 7th Earl of Derby. The titles remained united until the death of his grandson, the ninth Earl and third...
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    English nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille. As Lord Strange, he took little...
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    terms of this grant. William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, 1609–1612 Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, 1612–1627 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, 1627–1651...
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  • to agrarian and land ownership reforms enacted by Lord of Mann James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and the increased burden on the Manx people during the...
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    Charlotte married the English nobleman James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and was naturalised as an English citizen by Act of Parliament in February 1629. Her...
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  • of the north", a reference to the city in Switzerland which was a centre of Calvinism. The major Royalist figure in Lancashire was James Stanley, 7th...
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    third son, James, the second Duke. In 1736 he also succeeded his kinsman James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby as 7th Baron Strange and as Lord of Mann. On...
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    Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, JP (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), styled Mr Edward Stanley until 1886, then The...
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  • Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (before 1485 – 23 May 1521) was an English nobleman, politician, and peer. Thomas Stanley was the eldest son of George...
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  • James or Jim Stanley may refer to: James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607–1651), Lord of Mann and Earl of Derby James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736)...
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  • Earl of Derby 1573–1593 Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby 1593–1594 vacant William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby bef. 1606–1638 James Stanley, 7th Earl...
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    son Bertram Thomas Zulfikar Stanley (born 2007). Audley-Stanley family Earl of Derby Baron Sheffield Baron Eddisbury "Stanley Mausoleum". Archived from...
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    Henrietta Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange (1687–1718), English peeress Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531–1593) James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607–1651)...
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    Greenhalgh Castle (category Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre)
    'pretty castle of the lords of Derby'. During the English Civil War the castle was garrisoned by James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby in support of Charles I....
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  • daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and was born at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, the seat of the Stanley family. John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl...
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    1643, James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby returned to Mann to find the island on the brink of rebellion. Among the causes were complaints at the level of tithes...
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    Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Hamilton; 26 January 1753 – 14 March 1797) was an English peeress. As the eligible eldest daughter of the 6th Duke of...
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    of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland and a great-granddaughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby. Venetia Stanley was the third daughter of...
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    Anne Stanley (May 1580 – c. 8 October 1647) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Derby and, through her two marriages...
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  • reputation for bolstering his family's influence that Lord of Mann, James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby joked that: someone in a pleasant Humour sayd that he...
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    married to Lady Catherine Stanley, a daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby. This marriage was childless...
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    audience. The Stanley family, Earls of Derby, had a long history of horse-racing, and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, who gained the Lordship of Mann in 1627...
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    Lathom House (category Stanley family)
    Parliamentarians. James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, husband of Charlotte, was beheaded in Bolton by the Parliamentarians in 1651 for treason. The Stanley manors...
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    Salisbury and the earls of Derby. Although the Cavendish family estates are centred in Derbyshire, they hold the titles of "Duke of Devonshire" and their...
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    Henrietta Mary Stanley, a daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby by his wife Charlotte de La Trémoille (d. 1685), a daughter of Claude de La Trémoille...
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  • to 1670. Stanley was the 3rd surviving son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and educated privately. In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament...
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