Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury PC (16 May 1839 – 18 March 1925) was an English peer.

Life

He was the son of

Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (13 November 180216 June 1869), known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician. Background Stanley was the son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, and ...

, and the former Henrietta Dillon-Lee. He attended

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between 1851 and 1857, gaining the Tomline Prize for mathematics in 1857. He read Greats at

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, gaining a first-class degree and fellowship to the college in 1861. He was called to the bar in 1865. Stanley (then known as the Honourable Edward Lyulph Stanley) contested

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, in the Liberal interest, at elections in

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, 1874, 1880 and 1885. He only won the 1880 contest and served in the House of Commons during the 1880–1885 Parliament. He was appointed a

Privy Counsellor The Privy Council (PC), officially His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a privy council, formal body of advisers to the British monarchy, sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its membership mainly comprises Politics of the United King ...

in 1910. Stanley was a member of the

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from 1876 to 1885 and also from 1888 to 1896. He wrote a book ''Our National Education'' (1899).

Family

Stanley married Mary Katherine Bell, daughter of

Lowthian Bell Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet, FRS (18 February 1816 – 20 December 1904) was a Victorian ironmaster and Liberal Party politician from Washington, County Durham, in the north of England. He was described as being "as famous in his day ...

, on 6 February 1873. They had eight children: *Katharine Florence Clementine Stanley (died 1884) *Henrietta Margaret Stanley (1874–1956), married William Edmund Goodenough. *

Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, (14 September 1875 – 22 August 1931), also 5th Baron Sheffield and 4th Baron Eddisbury, was an English nobleman and Governor of Victoria from 1914 to 1920. Early life and family Stanley ...

(1875–1931) *Edward John Stanley (1878–1908) *Lt.-Col. Oliver Hugh Stanley (1879–1952) *Sylvia Laura Stanley (1882–1980), married Anthony Morton Henley, and was mother of

Rosalind Pitt-Rivers Rosalind Venetia Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers FRS ( Henley; 4 March 1907 – 14 January 1990) was a British biochemist. She became the second president of the European Thyroid Association in 1971; she succeeded Jean Roche and was followed by Jack Gr ...

. *Blanche Florence Daphne Stanley (1885–1968), married Eric Pearce-Serocold. * Beatrice Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)

References

* ''Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume I 1832-1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)

External links

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Edward Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

Members of the London School Board