Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

The Right Honourable The Earl of Derby KG PC FRS
The 15th Earl of Derby, c. 1891
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 16 December 1882 – 9 June 1885
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	The Earl of Kimberley
Succeeded by	Frederick Stanley
In office 26 February 1858 – 5 June 1858
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	Henry Labouchere
Succeeded by	Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 21 February 1874 – 2 April 1878
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Earl Granville
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Salisbury
In office 6 July 1866 – 9 December 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded by	The Earl of Clarendon
Secretary of State for India
In office 2 August 1858 – 11 June 1859
Preceded by	Office established (himself as the President of the Board of Control)
Succeeded by	The Viscount of Halifax
President of the Board of Control
In office 5 June 1858 – 2 August 1858
Preceded by	The Earl of Ellenborough
Succeeded by	Office abolished (himself as the Secretary of State for India)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 18 May 1852 – 28 December 1852
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	Austen Henry Layard
Succeeded by	The Lord Wodehouse
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 24 October 1869 – 21 April 1893 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 14th Earl of Derby
Succeeded by	The 16th Earl of Derby
Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
In office 1848 – 1869 Serving with Robert Jocelyn, John Henry Gurney Sr. and Sir Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet
Preceded by	Lord George Bentinck
Succeeded by	Lord Claud Hamilton
Personal details
Born	(1826-07-21)21 July 1826
Died	21 April 1893(1893-04-21) (aged 66)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative (1848-1880) Liberal (1880-1886) Liberal (1886-1893)
Spouse(s)	Lady Mary Sackville-West (m. 1870; his death 1893)
Parent(s)	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, KG, PC, FRS (21 July 1826 – 21 April 1893; known as Lord Stanley from 1851 to 1869) was a British statesman. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice, from 1866 to 1868 and from 1874 to 1878, and also twice as Colonial Secretary in 1858 and from 1882 to 1885.