The Earl of Derby | |
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Born | Knowsley Hall, Lancashire | 21 April 1775
Died | 30 June 1851 | (aged 76)
Spouse(s) |
Charlotte Margaret Hornby
(m. 1798; died 1817) |
Issue | |
Father | Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby |
Mother | Lady Elizabeth Hamilton |
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (21 April 1775 – 30 June 1851), KG, of Knowsley Hall in Lancashire (styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832, known as Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe from 1832-4), was a politician, peer, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist. He was the patron of the writer Edward Lear.