William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (1528 – 10 November 1581), of

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, was an English politician. He was the son of Thomas Stanley, 2nd

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and Lady Mary Brandon, the daughter of

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, by his second wife, Anne Browne. William Stanley was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1555. He married firstly, Anne Leyburne, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth. Anne was a staunch Catholic with Jesuitical sympathies. Monteagle's second wife was

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, who married a further twice after his death. His daughter and heiress, Elizabeth Stanley, married

Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley (c. 1550 – 1618) was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk, the son of Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley and Lady Elizabeth Stanley. His second daughter was Frances Danby. The 1 ...

, and their son William Parker succeeded him as the 4th Baron Monteagle.

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1528 births 1581 deaths English MPs 1555 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire 3 Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge {{1555-England-MP-stub