Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley, (9 July 1894 – 16 October 1938) was a British

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politician. The eldest son of the

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, he held minor political office before being appointed

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in 1938, sitting in the cabinet alongside his brother

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. However, Stanley died only five months after this appointment, aged 44; his eldest son, Edward John Stanley, later succeeded to the

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in his stead.

Early life and education

Stanley was born at 36

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, the eldest son and

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of Hon. Edward Stanley, later to become 17th Earl of Derby, by Lady Alice Montagu. Stanley was spectacularly well-connected to leading political families. His father was at the time of Stanley's birth

MP for Westhoughton, Lancashire, and went on to serve as

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from 1916 to 1918 and from 1922 to 1924. His paternal grandfather, the 16th Earl of Derby, was a former

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MP, Colonial Secretary, and

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. His great-uncle, the 15th Earl, twice served as Foreign Secretary and was Prime Minister

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's stepfather, while his best-known ancestor was his great-grandfather, the 14th Earl, who was Leader of the Conservative Party for 22 years (1846–1868; the longest tenure in that office) and Prime Minister three times (1852, 1858–59, and 1866–68). His paternal grandmother, Lady Constance Villiers, was daughter of Lord Clarendon, who himself served on three occasions as Foreign Secretary. Lord Stanley's paternal uncles Sir Arthur and Sir George also served as Conservative MPs. His maternal grandfather was

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, also a Conservative peer and MP. His maternal grandmother Louisa von Alten married after the death of the Duke of Manchester, Spencer, Duke of Devonshire, also known as Lord Hartington, who for a time (before inheriting his peerage) was Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons. His sister, Lady Victoria, married firstly Neil Primrose, the son of Liberal Prime Minister

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. After Neil's death in the First World War, she married Conservative politician Malcolm Bullock. His younger brother was

, whose son

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became an MP. He became known by the

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''Lord Stanley'' in 1908, when his father succeeded in the earldom of Derby. He was educated at Eton and

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Military career

Lord Stanley was commissioned a second lieutenant on 2 July 1914. He was promoted to temporary lieutenant in the

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on 15 November 1914, later with seniority from 3 November 1914, and became a substantive lieutenant on 11 November 1914. On 29 January 1916, he was made a supernumerary temporary captain with the Guards, relinquishing the rank on 12 May 1916. Lord Stanley was appointed

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of the newly formed Household Battalion on 9 September 1916, again as a temporary captain. He received a substantive captaincy on 26 September 1916 and served as adjutant until 12 January 1917. He was appointed a

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and seconded on 13 August 1917, and made a

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on 22 January 1918, a post he held until 11 March 1918. He served as a

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, 3rd grade, from 6 May 1918 to 8 October 1918. On 9 October 1918, he was again appointed a brigade major, serving in that capacity until 2 November 1919. Lord Stanley was awarded the

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on 3 June 1919, for his service in Italy during the

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. On 27 November 1920, he retired from the Army and entered the reserve of officers as a captain.

Political career

Lord Stanley was first elected to

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on 28 June 1917 in a

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in Liverpool Abercromby. He left Parliament the following year, when the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election. During this time, he was the

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. He returned to Parliament in the 1922 general election when he was elected for Fylde. He served under

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as a

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from 1924 to 1927 and was a

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from 1927 to 1929. On the formation of the National Government after the

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, Stanley was made

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under

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. On 26 February 1934, he was admitted to the Privy Council. In 1935 he was made

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by Baldwin, and later that year was made

. Two years later, Lord Stanley became Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma. On 16 May 1938 he entered the

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. His brother,

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, was also in the Cabinet as

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. However, in October 1938, five months after being appointed to the cabinet, Lord Stanley died in Marylebone, aged 44. Neville Chamberlain paid tribute to him in the

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Marriage and issue

Lord Stanley married the Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan, daughter of Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea (heir apparent of 5th Earl Cadogan), in 1917. Their wedding at

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, was attended by

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and Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra of Denmark, and Mary, Princess Royal. Sibyl was given away by her stepfather, Admiral of the Fleet Sir

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. The

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(later

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) was best man. They had three sons: * Hon. (Edward) John (1918–1994), succeeded his grandfather as 18th Earl of Derby * Hon. Richard Oliver (1920–1983), MP for Fylde North *Hon. Hugh Henry Stanley (1926–1971), father of

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He died in Marylebone in October 1938, aged 44, predeceasing his father by ten years. His eldest son,

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, succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1948. Lady Stanley died in June 1969, aged 76.

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