Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, 2nd

Baron Strange Baron Strange is a title which has been created four times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1326, had only one holder each, upon whose deaths they became extinct. Two of the creations, that of 1299 and that ...

(19 January 1628 – 21 December 1672), was an English nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (31 January 160715 October 1651) was an English nobleman, politician, and supporter of the Cavalier, Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Before inheriting the title in 1642 he was known as Lord Strange. He ...

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 Bidston Hall,

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, emerging to support Booth'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

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

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of England. Dorothea's mother was Katherine Wotton, widow of

Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope KB (died 29 November 1634), known as Sir Henry Stanhope until 1628, was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second and next surviving son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and his first wife ...

(d. 1634), 2nd surviving son of

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and the elder daughter of

Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton (1587 – 2 April 1630) was an English peer. Wotton was the eldest son and heir of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton, and inherited his father's title in 1626. In 1608, he married Mary Throckmorton, a daughter of Si ...

by his wife Mary Throckmorton, a daughter of

Sir Arthur Throckmorton Sir Arthur Throckmorton (c. 1557 – 21 July 1626) was an English courtier and politician. He was the second son of the diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton of Beddington, Surrey and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. His sister Elizabet ...

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, Northamptonshire. They had two sons: *

William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655 – 5 November 1702), styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer and politician. Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kir ...

(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. He became Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and served in the Scots Brigade, Anglo-Dutch Brigade. Ea ...

(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.

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Images at the National Portrait Gallery
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