Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, (14 September 1875 – 22 August 1931), also 5th
Baron Sheffield
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and 4th
Baron Eddisbury
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, was an English
nobleman
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and
Governor of Victoria
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from 1914 to 1920.
Early life and family
Stanley was the second child and first son of
Edward Lyulph Stanley,
4th Baron Stanley and Mary Katherine Bell. On 29 August 1905 he married Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon. They had five children:
*Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley (30 May 1906 – 1981)
*
Edward John Stanley (9 October 1907 – 3 March 1971), the
6th Baron
*
Pamela Margaret Stanley (6 September 1909 – 30 June 1991), the actress Pamela Stanley
*
Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley (22 October 1915 – 23 June 1971), the
7th Baron
*Victoria Venetia Stanley, the actress "Tordie" Woods (29 June 1917 – 2007)
Political career
Stanley was educated at
Eton College
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and
Balliol College
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,
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, where obtained a
Bachelor of Arts
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in 1898. In 1902 he was
called to the bar at the
Inner Temple
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. In 1904 he became a
London County Council
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lor and in 1906 became
Liberal
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Politics
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Member of Parliament for
Eddisbury in Cheshire near the family seat. Whilst an MP he was
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Postmaster General
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serving under
Sydney Buxton. His sister,
Venetia Stanley
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, was a close correspondent of the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party,
H. H. Asquith
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.
Stanley had been commissioned an officer in the Royal Anglesey Engineers
Militia
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in May 1900, and saw active service in South Africa during the
Second Boer War
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. He was promoted to
captain on 6 December 1902.
In 1913 he was serving as
High Sheriff of Anglesey
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On 1 A ...
when he was appointed
Governor of Victoria
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. He was made a
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and took up his post on 23 February 1914. He served a five-year term and an additional year until relinquishing the post on 30 January 1920, although he had returned to Britain the previous year due to ill health. In the
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
General election he stood unsuccessfully as Liberal candidate for
Knutsford
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, losing by 80 votes to
Conservative
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,
Sir Ernest Makins. From 1925 to 1928 he was Chairman of the
Royal Colonial Institute
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and of the
East Africa Joint Committee.
In 1925 he succeeded his father to the three baronies and was known by the Stanley title. He died in August 1931 of a bacterial infection,
actinomycosis
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. He was succeeded by his son Edward.
In his capacity as former Governor of Victoria, he attended the Covent Garden farewell of the Australian soprano
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic dramatic coloratura soprano (three octaves). She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th centur ...
, and made a speech thanking her for her artistry and war-work. HMV recorded several excerpts of the evening, including Lord Stanley's speech, all of which can be heard on CD today.
References
External links
*
Australian Dictionary of Biography – Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley
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