Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury
PC (16 May 1839 – 18 March 1925) was an English peer.
Life
He was the son of
Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and the former
Hon. Henrietta Dillon-Lee. He attended
Eton College
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between 1851 and 1857, gaining the
Tomline Prize for mathematics in 1857. He read
Greats at
Balliol College, Oxford
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With a governing body of a master and aro ...
, gaining a first-class degree and fellowship to the college in 1861. He was called to the bar in 1865.
Stanley (then known as the Honourable Edward Lyulph Stanley) contested
Oldham
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...
, in the Liberal interest, at elections in
1872
Events January
* January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
*January 20 – The Cavite mutiny was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort S ...
,
1874,
1880
Events
January
*January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." gr ...
and
1885. He only won the 1880 contest and served in the House of Commons during the 1880–1885 Parliament. He inherited the title of
Baron Stanley of Alderley in 1904, following the death of
his brother. He was appointed a
Privy Counsellor
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in 1910.
Stanley was a member of the
London School Board from 1876 to 1885 and also from 1888 to 1896. He wrote a book ''Our National Education'' (1899).
Family
Stanley married Mary Katherine Bell, daughter of
Lowthian Bell, on 6 February 1873. They had eight children:
*Katharine Florence Clementine Stanley (died 1884)
*Henrietta Margaret Stanley (1874–1956), married
William Edmund Goodenough.
*
Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875–1931)
*Edward John Stanley (1878–1908)
*Lt.-Col. Oliver Hugh Stanley (1879–1952)
*Sylvia Laura Stanley (1882–1980), married Anthony Morton Henley, and was mother of
Rosalind Pitt-Rivers.
*Blanche Florence Daphne Stanley (1885–1968), married Eric Pearce-Serocold.
*
Beatrice Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)
Arms
References
* ''Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume I 1832-1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
External links
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1839 births
1925 deaths
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Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
Members of the London School Board