The Hon.
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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)
References
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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