Sir John Stanley, 1st Baronet (1663 – 30 November 1744) of

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, Co. Dublin was an Irish politician.

Biography

Stanley was born in Tickencor,

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, the son of Sir Thomas Stanley of Grangegorman, Dublin and his wife, Jane Borrowes and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Stanley was Secretary to various Lords Chamberlains of the Household (1689–1699), Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1698-1700), the

Chief Secretary for Ireland The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British Dublin Castle administration, administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Lieutenant, and officially the "Chief Secretar ...

1713–1714, Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer and MP for

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1713. He was elected a

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in 1688. From 1700 until 1708 he served as

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under

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. Stanley was made Baronet Stanley in 1699. The baronetage became extinct on his death on 30 November 1744.

Marriage

He married Ann Granville (d.1730), a daughter of Bernard Granville (1631-1701) of

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, Westminster, and Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, a courtier,

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and

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to King Charles II, and a Member of Parliament for several Cornish constituencies, and younger brother of

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC (29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701) was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title ...

, who played an important role in effecting the Restoration of the Monarchy. They had no children.

Mary Delany Mary Delany, earlier Mary Pendarves ( Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks", botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence. Early life Mary ...

was the niece of Ann Granville and lived with them at Whitehall from the ages of 8 to 15.

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References

* 1663 births 1744 deaths Chief secretaries for Ireland Baronets in the Baronetage of England Irish MPs 1713–1714 Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies {{England-baronet-stub