Edmund Hornby (1773-1857) of Dalton Hall near Burton, Westmorland, was a

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for , Lancashire, from 1812 to 1826. He was a nephew and son-in-law of

Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby Edward Smith-Stanley, 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 from 1832-4), was a politician, peer, landowner, bui ...

(1775-1851).

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Rev. Geoffrey Hornby (1750-1812), of Scale Hall, near Lancaster in Lancashire,

High Sheriff of Lancashire The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer, now largely ceremonial, granted to Lancashire, a county in North West England. High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown, in England and Wales. The High Sheriff of Lanca ...

in 1774 and a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire, Colonel of a regiment of Lancashire militia, by his wife Lucy Smith-Stanley (d.1833) a daughter of

James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange (1716–1771) was commonly known by that title, though neither he nor his father had any claim to it. He was the eldest son of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, whose predecessor's heirs had used that courtesy ...

(1716–1771), (son and heir apparent of

Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (27 September 1689 – 22 February 1776), known as Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Baronet, from 1714 to 1736, was a British nobleman, peer, and politician. Derby was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet, and ...

(1689-1776) of

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in Lancashire) and a sister of

Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby Edward Smith-Stanley, 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 late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He held office a ...

(1752-1834). Edmund's sister Charlotte Margaret Hornby (d.1817) married her first cousin

(1775-1851), KG, and was the mother of

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869, known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley) was a British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ...

(1799-1869), thrice

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(1852, 1858–9, 1866–8), thus Edmund's nephew. One of Edmund's younger brothers was

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Sir

Phipps Hornby Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, (27 April 1785 – 19 March 1867) was a prominent and experienced Royal Navy officer of the nineteenth century. Hornby served on frigates throughout most of his wartime experience, which included witnessing the Nore M ...

(1785-1867).

Marriage and children

He married his first cousin Lady Charlotte Stanley (d.1805), a daughter of

(1752-1834), by whom he had issue including:Escott, Margaret, biography of "Hornby, Edmund (1773-1857), of Dalton Hall, Westmld." published in:

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: House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 200

/ref> * Edmund George Hornby (1799-1865) of Dalton Hall, eldest son and heir, a

for Warrington and Constable of

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References

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