Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Stanley of Alderley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
16 June 1869 – 11 December 1903
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Succeeded byThe 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley
Personal details
Born
Henry Edward John Stanley

11 July 1827
Died11 December 1903(1903-12-11) (aged 76)

Henry Edward John Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley and 2nd Baron Eddisbury (11 July 1827 – 11 December 1903), also known as Abdul Rahman Stanley, was a British nobleman and historian who translated The first voyage round the world by Magellan and other works from the Age of Discovery. A convert to Islam, in 1869 Lord Stanley became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gilham, Jamie (9 May 2024). "STANLEY, HENRY EDWARD JOHN 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley and 2nd Baron Eddisbury (1827 - 1903), Diplomat, translator and writer, hereditary peer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
  2. ^ Muriel E. Chamberlain (2004). "Stanley, Henry Edward John, third Baron Stanley of Alderley and second Baron Eddisbury (1827–1903)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.