The Hon. ''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain ...

Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley (9 March 1803 – 2 April 1875) was a British politician. He was MP for Preston 1832–1837. Smith-Stanley was the son 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 ...

, and his wife Charlotte Hornby.

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 ...

, three times Prime Minister, was Smith-Stanley's older brother. He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

, and matriculated at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

, in 1821. He transferred to

St Mary Hall, Oxford St Mary Hall was a medieval academic hall of the University of Oxford. It was associated with Oriel College from 1326 to 1545, but functioned independently from 1545 until it was incorporated into Oriel College in 1902. History In 1320, ...

, matriculating in 1826, aged 22. He served as a JP and DL, and as MP for Preston 1832–1837. He died on 2 April 1875.

Family

Smith-Stanley married Anne Woolhouse, daughter of Richard Woolhouse, on 1 September 1835. They had four children: * Charlotte Margaret Sidney Anne Stanley (1842–1872) * Edward Henry Stanley (1838–1877) * Charles Geoffrey Stanley (1839–1877) * Henry Edmund Stanley (1840–1867)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith-Stanley, Henry 1803 births 1875 deaths Younger sons of earls People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of St Mary Hall, Oxford Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837