Creation:let. pat. 9 May 1839

Family name:Stanley

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Arms:

Argent on a Bend Azure three Buck's Heads cabossed Or, a Crescent for difference

Crest:

On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine an Eagle with wings expanded Or preying upon an Infant proper swaddled Gules handed Argent

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Stag Or gorged with a Ducal Coronet line reflexed over the back and charged on the shoulder with a Mullet Azure;  Sinister:  a Lion reguardant proper gorged with a Plain Collar Argent charged with three Escallops Gules

Motto:

Sans Changer (Without changing)

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1.John Thomas [Stanley], 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley

1st son and heir of Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Bt., of Alderley Park, co. Chester, by his wife Margaret Owen, dau. and hrss. of Hugh Owen, of Penrhos, Anglesey

born26 Nov 1766

mar.11 Oct 1796 Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd (b. 3 Jan 1771; d. 1 Nov 1863), 1st dau. of John [Holroyd later Baker-Holroyd], 1st Earl of Sheffield, by his first wife Abigail Way, only dau. of Lewis Way, of Old Court, Richmond, co. Surrey

died23 Oct 1850

created9 May 1839 Baron Stanley of Alderley, of Alderley in the County of Chester

suc. byson

noteMember of Parliament (Whig) for Wootton Basset 1790-96; Major, Royal Cheshire Militia 1796-98; Sheriff of Anglesey 1809; suc. his father 29 Nov 1807 as 7th Baronet of Alderley

2.Edward John [Stanley], 1st Baron Eddisbury later 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, PC

born13 Nov 1802

mar.7 Oct 1826 Hon Henrietta Maria Dillon-Lee (b. 21 Dec 1807; d. 16 Feb 1895), 1st dau. of Henry Augustus [Dillon-Lee], 13th Viscount Dillon, by his wife Henrietta Browne, sister of Dominick [Browne], 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne, and 1st dau. of Dominick Geoffrey Browne MP, of Castle Macgarrett, co. Mayo

died16 Jun 1869

createdv.p. 12 May 1848 Baron Eddisbury, of Winnington in the County of Chester

suc. byson

noteMember of Parliament (Whig) for Hindon 1831-32 and for North Cheshire 1832-41 and 1847-48; Under Secretary of State for the Colonies 1833-34 and for the Home Department 1834; Secretary to the Treasury 1835-41; Privy Councillor 1841; Paymaster-General 1841, 1852 and 1853-55; Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1846-52; Vice President of the Board of Trade 1852 and 1853-55; President of the Board of Trade 1855-58; Postmaster-General with a seat in Cabinet 1860-66

3.Henry Edward John [Stanley], 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley and 2nd Baron Eddisbury

born11 Jul 1827

died10 Dec 1903

suc. bybrother

noteAttaché to the embassy at Constantinople 1851; Secretary of Legation at Athens 1854-59; Secretary to the Special Mission to the Danubian Provinces 1856-58

4.Edward Lyulph [Stanley], 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury and 4th Baron Sheffield

born16 May 1839

mar.6 Feb 1873 Mary Katharine Bell CBE (b. 19 Nov 1848; d. 4 Jan 1929), 2nd dau. of Sir (Isaac) Lowthian Bell, 1st Bt. JP DL, of Rounton Grange, co. York, and Washington Hall, co. Durham, by his wife Margaret Pattinson, dau. of Hugh Lee Pattinson, of Scots House, co. Durham

died18 Mar 1925

suc. byson

notesuc. his first cousin once removed 21 Apr 1909 as 4th Baron Sheffield

5.Arthur Lyulph [Stanley], 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 4th Baron Eddisbury and 5th Baron Sheffield, KCMG

born14 Sep 1875

mar.29 Aug 1905 Margaret Evelyn Gordon (d. 12 Apr 1954), dau. of Henry Evans Gordon, of Prestons, Ightham, co. Kent

died22 Aug 1931

suc. byson

noteGovernor of Victoria 1914-19

6.Edward John [Stanley], 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 5th Baron Eddisbury and 6th Baron Sheffield

born9 Oct 1907

mar. (1)3 Mar 1932 (div. 1936) Lady Victoria Audrey Beatrice Chetwynd-Talbot (mar. (2) 20 Dec 1945 Gwyn Rhyse Francis Morris QC, of Holland Park Avenue, London W8), 2nd dau. of Hon Charles John Alton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, styled Viscount Ingestre, by his wife Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget, 1st dau. of Lord Alexander Victor Paget

mar. (2)18 Jan 1944 (div. 1948) Edith Louise Sylvia Fairbanks (former wife of Hon Anthony Ashley-Cooper, styled Lord Ashley, son and heir ap. of Anthony [Ashley-Cooper], 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, and widow of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., of Hollywood, California, USA), dau. of Arthur Hawkes

mar. (3)6 Apr 1951 (div. 1957) Therese Husson, dau. of Gen Edouard Husson, of Toulon, France

mar. (4)15 Sep 1961 Kathleen Margaret Crane (widow of Sir Edmund Frank Crane), dau. of Cecil Murray Wright

died3 Mar 1971

suc. bybrother

7.Lyulph Henry Victor Owen [Stanley], 7th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 6th Baron Eddisbury and 7th Baron Sheffield

born22 Oct 1915

died23 Jun 1971

suc. bycousin

8.Thomas Henry Oliver [Stanley], 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Eddisbury and 8th Baron Sheffield

3rd son of Lt Col Hon Oliver Hugh Stanley DSO (by his wife Lady Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne, 1st dau. of Thomas Henry [Thynne], 5th Marquess of Bath), 3rd son of Edward Lyulph [Stanley], 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley

born28 Dec 1927

mar. 30 Apr 1955 Jane Barrett Hartley, dau. of Ernest George Hartley, of Lower Farm, Milton-under-Wychwood, co. Oxford

children

1.Hon Richard Oliver Stanley, of Rectory Farm, Stanton St John, co. Oxford (b. 24 Apr 1956), mar. 12 Feb 1983 Carla Mary Angela McKenzie, 1st dau. of Dr Kenneth Thomas Clyde McKenzie, of Solihull, West Midlands, and has issue:

1a.Oliver Richard Hugh Stanley (b. 1986; dvp. 1989)

1a.Maria Elizabeth Jane Stanley (b. 1988)

2a.Imogen Alexandra Ruth Stanley (b. 1990)

3a.Hermione Helena Rose Stanley (b. 1992)

2.Hon Charles Ernest Stanley, of 34 Rosaline Road, London SW6 (b. 30 Jun 1960), mar. 26 Aug 1989 Beverley Ann Emmitt, 1st dau. of Michael Emmitt, of Swineshead, co. Lincoln, and has issue

3.Hon Harry John Stanley (b. 20 Aug 1963), mar. 22 May 1998 Shirin Kassim-Lakha, 1st dau. of Z Kassim-Lakha, of Brussels, Belgium, and has issue

1.Hon Lucinda Maria Stanley (b. 21 Feb 1958), mar. 1 Oct 1983 Peter Brazel, of Lilly Pilly, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, son of Benedict Brazel, of Lyndhurst, South Australia, and has issue

Last updated 23 Dec 2008

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Titles:

8th Baron Sheffield, of Roscommon in the County of Roscommon

(Ireland, let. pat. 20 Sep 1783)

8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, of Alderley in the County of Chester

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 9 May 1839)

7th Baron Eddisbury, of Winnington in the County of Chester

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 12 May 1848)

14th Baronet, styled "of Alderley, co. Chester"

(England, let. pat. 25 Jun 1660)

Addresses:

Trysglwyn Fawr, Amlwch, Anglesey, Gwynedd LL68 9RF

Tel:  01407 830364   Fax:  01407 832626

Rectory Farm, Stanton St John, Oxfordshire OX33 1HF

Tel:  01865 351214

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