Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley

"Lady Stanley of Alderley" redirects here. For a list of men whose wives also held this title, see Baron Stanley of Alderley.

The Right Honourable
The Lady Stanley of Alderley
Lady Stanley of Alderley in 1860, by Richard James Lane
Born
Henrietta Maria Dillon-Lee

21 December 1807
Died16 February 1895 (aged 87)
SpouseEdward Stanley
Children10

Henrietta Maria Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley (née Dillon-Lee; 21 December 1807 – 16 February 1895), was a British Canadian-born political hostess and campaigner for the education of women in England.[1]

She was a founder and benefactor of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, but also a signatory of a petition against women's suffrage. She was the grandmother of philosopher Bertrand Russell.

  1. ^ "Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada". 1903.