Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby (19 January 1628 – 21 December 1672) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of

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and Charlotte de La Trémouille.

Life

As Lord Strange, he took little part in the

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. In

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at the time of his father's condemnation in 1651, he petitioned unsuccessfully for the latter's life. After succeeding to the Earldom, he lived quietly at

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, emerging to support

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's unsuccessful rising in 1659. Attainted for so doing, he was restored the following year and the family's lands in the

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were returned to him. He served as mayor of

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, between 1666 and 1667.

Marriage and children

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In 1650, he married Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven (died 1674), daughter of Jehan, Lord of Heenvliet of Holland; he was one of the diplomats involved in negotiating the marriage between

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and Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of King Charles I, future parents of King William III of England. Dorothea's mother was Katherine Wotton, widow of

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(d. 1634), 2nd surviving son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and the elder daughter of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton by his wife Mary Throckmorton, a daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of

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, Northamptonshire. They had two sons: * William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655–1702), elder son and heir, who married Lady Elizabeth Butler and had two daughters but no sons *

James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (3 July 16641 February 1736), styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer, soldier and politician. Early life Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkho ...

(1664–1736), younger son, who married Mary Morley and had one child, who died in infancy; James succeeded his elder brother in the earldom. In 1660, Dorothea, who had her father's Netherlands nationality, was naturalised as English by Act of Parliament.

Wife's royal affair

Dorothea reportedly had an extramarital tryst with King Charles II which resulted in a child: *George "Swan" (born 1658), who was raised by the wife of a gunner at

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named Swan, and himself adopted the surname Swan.''The Life of Mrs Robertson, Grand-Daughter of Charles 11. Written by Herself''. Derby, 1792

References

External links

Images at the National Portrait Gallery
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