Earl of Derby (/ˈdɑːrbi/ DAR-bee) is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby, under a creation...
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Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby KG GCMG PC PC (Ire) (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869), known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851...
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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...
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Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893...
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Earl of Derby, KG, PC, FRS (21 July 1826 – 21 April 1893; known as Lord Stanley from 1851 to 1869) was a British statesman. He served as Secretary of...
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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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William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, DL (born 10 October 1962) is a British hereditary peer and landowner. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1994 to...
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1st Earl of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of King Henry VII of England. He was the eldest son of Thomas...
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Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1559 – 16 April 1594), was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, and Lady Margaret...
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12th Earl of Derby PC (1 September 1752 O.S. – 21 October 1834), usually styled Lord Stanley from 1771 to 1776, was a British peer and politician of the...
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13th Earl of Derby (21 April 1775 – 30 June 1851), KG, of Knowsley Hall in Lancashire (styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832, known as Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe...
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Edward Smith-Stanley (redirect from Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby)
Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834), English politician Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775–1851), English politician and son of the above...
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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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Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG (September 1531 – 25 September 1593) was a prominent English nobleman, diplomat, and politician. He was an ambassador...
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Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby KG (c. 10 May 1509 – 24 October 1572) was an English nobleman and politician. He succeeded his father as Lord of Mann until his...
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Benjamin Disraeli (redirect from Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield)
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative politician and...
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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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Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, MC, TD, DL (21 April 1918 – 28 November 1994), styled Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948, was a British hereditary...
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Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady Margaret Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and...
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administrations of the Earl of Derby as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Master of the Buckhounds and was also Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire...
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daughter of the Earl of Derby and, through her two marriages, became Baroness Chandos and later Countess of Castlehaven. She was a distant relative of Elizabeth...
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horses. The name "Derby" (deriving from the sponsorship of the Earl of Derby) has been borrowed many times, notably by the Kentucky Derby in the United States...
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Lancashire was James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. He was slow to take measures to secure the county at the start of the civil war in 1642, and after setbacks...
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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 Stanley...
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Stanley family (redirect from House of Stanley)
including the Earls of Derby and the Barons Audley who descended from the early holders of Audley and Stanley, Staffordshire. The two branches of the Audley...
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5th Earl of Derby may refer to: William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (about 1193–1254), English nobleman and major landowner Ferdinando Stanley, 5th...
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Ferrers family (redirect from Origin of the de Ferrers family)
first Earl of Derby. Robert de Ferrers, youngest son of Henry, rose in the service of king Stephen of England, and was awarded the Earldom of Derby after...
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Earl of Derby may refer to: William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (c. 1168 – c. 1247), favourite of John, King of England Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby...
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6th Earl of Derby may refer to: Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239–1279), English nobleman William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561–1642), English...
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Russell." Following Russell's resignation, on the 23 February 1852 the Earl of Derby accepted the Queen's invitation to form a government. The new Conservative...
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