The Lord Stanley of Alderley | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 22 August 1931 – 3 March 1971 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley |
| Succeeded by | The 7th Baron Stanley of Alderley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1907 |
| Died | 3 March 1971 (aged 63) |
| Spouse(s) |
Victoria Audrey Beatrice Chetwynd-Talbot
(m. 1932; div. 1936)Thérèse Husson
(m. 1951; div. 1957)Kathleen Margaret Crane
(m. 1961; died 1971) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Parents |
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| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, and 5th Baron Eddisbury (9 October 1907 – 3 March 1971), was a British peer.
He was the son of the Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875–1931) and Margaret Evelyn Gordon (1875–1964).[1] He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.
Lord Stanley oversaw the loss of the family's ancestral estate at Alderley Park. With a fondness for gambling, wine and marriage, he had to pay for four divorce settlements, and death duties, even at pre-war levels, for both the 4th and 5th Barons. When the mansion at Alderley Park was destroyed by fire in 1931 he moved into the former farmhouse. When he sold the estate in 1938 to the property developers Hambling Crundall and Co Ltd., many of his older tenants were forced to leave the village.[2]
He had four wives:[1]
He and Victoria had one daughter, The Hon. Edwina Maureen Stanley (born 19 January 1933). On his death in 1971, his brother Lyulph Stanley succeeded to his titles, albeit only briefly.[1]