Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/DNB Epitome 54

This listing page belongs to Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography, spun out of the “missing article” project, and is concerned with checking whether Wikipedia has articles for all those listed in the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), a 63-volume British biographical dictionary published 1885-1900 and now in the public domain. This page relates to volume 54 running from name Stanhope to name Stovin.

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It is envisaged that the following work will be done:

  • Checks made that links on this page point to a wikipedia article about the same person;
  • Addition of new articles for all red-links based on DNB text;
  • Checking whether blue-linked articles would benefit from additional text from DNB.

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  1. ^ Lady Stanhope , and Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1667). See Catherine Kirkhoven or Kerckhoven.
  2. ^ Charles Stanhope (1673–1760), of Elvaston, brother of William Stanhope, first earl of Harrington tq. T.: M.P., Milborne Port, 1717-22, Aldborough, 1722 784, aud Harwich, 1734-41; under-secretary for southern department, 1714-17; as secretary to the treasury (1720-1), charged with illegitimate dealing in South Sea stock, but acquitted; treasurer of the chamber, 1722.
  3. ^ Charles Stanhope , third Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), politician and man of science; grandson of James Stanhope, first earl Stanhope; educated at Eton and Geneva; styled Lord Mahon till succession to peerage, 1786; F.R.S., 1772; married Lady Hester, sister of the second William Pitt, 1774; constructed two calculating machines, c. 1777; harangued Gordon rioters, 1780; elected for Chipping Wycombe by Shelburne's influence, 1780; advocated cessation of American war and parliamentary reform, 1781; opposed coalition of Fox and North; attacked Pitt's proposals for sinking fund, 1786; became permanently estranged from Pitt on French revolution question; chairman of Revolution Society 1788; patented steam-vessels, 1790 and 1807 (approved by admiralty, 1795-6); letters by him against false assignats and on treatment of negroes printed at Paris, 1791-2; published answer to Burke's speech on the revolution, 1790; moved to acknowledge French republic, 1794; introduced motions against interferences in French affairs, 1794 and 1795: on defeat withdrew from parliament till 1800; frequently caricatured by Gillray, 1791-1808: his London hou.se fired by rioters, 1794;Moral Epistleaddressed to him by Landor, 1795; issued pamphlet against Irish union, 1799; proposed peace with Napoleon, 1800; his process of stereotyping acquired by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1805, also his iron hand-press and logotypes; carried Gold Coin and Banknote Bill, 1811, also motions for committees to revise statutes and unify weights and measures, 1816: disinherited all his children; invented a microscopic lens and projected a canal from Holsworthy to Bristol Channel; published Principles of Science of Tuning Instruments with Fixed Tones 1806, and Principles of Electricity 1779.
  4. ^ Charles Stanhope , third Earl of Harrington (1753–1829), general : M.P., Thetford, 1774-6, Westminster, 1776-9; ensign, 1769; served in America, 1770: aide-de-camp to Burgoyne at Saratoga, news of which he carried home, 1777; captain, 3rd foot-guards, 1778; succeeded to peerage, 1779; raised and commanded regiment in Jamaica, 1780-1; colonel of 1st life-guards and gold stick, 1792; privy councillor, 1798; commander-in-chief in Ireland, 1805-12; governor of Windsor, 1812; special envoy to Vienna, 1805, Berlin, 1806; bearer of great standard at coronation of George IV; introduced new sword, 1792.
  5. ^ Charles Stanhope , fourth Earl of Harrington (1780–1851), styled Lord Petersham till 1829; colonel, 1814; a lord of the bedchamber, 1812 and 18201829; designed Petersham overcoat and Petersham snuff mixture,
  6. ^ Sir Edward Stanhope (1546?–1608), chancellor of the diocese of London; son of Sir Michael Stanhope; scholar and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (M.A., 1566, LL.D., 1575); incorporated M.A. at Oxford, 1566; prebendary of York, 1572-91; advocate at DoctorsCommons, 1576; master in chancery, Ifi77; vicar-general of Canterbury, c. 1583; M.P., Marlborough, 1584-5 and 1586-7; member of ecclesiastical commission, 1587; chancellor of London diocese, 1591-1608; served on Whitgift's London commission, 1594, piracy inquiry, 1601, and Ralegh's trial, 1603; knighted, 1603; benefactor of Trinity College, Cambridge, Hull, and other places; began Lodge Book at Trinity College, Cambridge.
  7. ^ Edward Stanhope (1840–1893), statesman: second son of Philip Henry Stanhope, fifth earl Stanhope ; of Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1863; barrister, Inner Temple, 1865; M.P., Mid-Lincolnshire, 1874, Horucastle division, 1885; as parliamentary secretary to board of trade largely responsible for Merchant Shipping Act, l7t: under-secretary for India, 1878-80; vice-president of committee of council on education with seat in cabinet, 1885; president of board of trade, 1885; as colonial secretary, 1886, issued invitations for colonial confcn-nce of 1888; as secretary for war (1887-92) completed Cardwell system, reorganised manufacturing departments, established army service corps, passed Imperial Defence Act (1888), revised conditions of promotion and retirement of officers (1889), adopted magazine rifle, and appointed committee to inquire into terms of service (1891).
  8. ^ George Stanhope (1660–1728), dean of Canterbury; educated from Eton to King's College, Cam M.A., l;x5: I). p.. ir.i?; chaplain to William and Mary: Boyle lecturer, 1701; vicnr of Deptior.l Queen Anne, 1702; dean of Canterbury, 1: lecturer at St. Lawrence.!... 1704-8; pro locutor of lower bouse of convocation, 1713, and twice afterwards; broke up meeting. 1718, to prevent reading of protestation in favour of Houdly: lost royal chaplaincy, probably in consequence of hi* action; famous preacher; published translations. Including Eplctetut 694, Charrou's Books o 1 007. Marcus Aureltun, 1697, and the I mitatio ChrUtt ( The Christian's Pattern 1698, ed. Henry Morley. 1886); his Paraphrase and Comment on the Epistles and Gospels (1706, 1706, a a favourite eighteenth-century book.
  9. ^ Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776-1839), eccentric: eldest daughter of Charles Stanhope (afterwards) third earl Stanhope: housekeeper and trusted eontldnnt of her uncle, William Pitt, 18O3-6: retired to Wales after death of favourite brother and Sir John Moore atCorunn, 180*; finally left England for the Levant, 1810; made pilgrimage to Jerusalem; crossed the desert, and camped with Bedouins amid ruins of Palmyra, 1813: settled on Mount Lebanon, IM 1. luiildiiig walled group of bouses; intrigued against British consuls ami iu-iu*l Druses against Ibrahim Pasha: protected European* after Navarino, 1827; adopted Eastern habit*, and practised judicial astrology; visited at Djouni by Lamartine, gingfaina and others; her conversations recorded by the u Charles Lewi? Meryou: heavily involved in debt; after appropriation of pension to creditors wrote letters to Palmerstou and Queen Victoria; died deserted and plundered. (Uv. 12
  10. ^ James Stanhope, first Earl Stanhope (1673–1721), grandson of Philip Stanhope, first carl of Chesterfield; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford: volunteer in Flanders, 1694-5; received commission in 1st footgnards: colonel, 1702; M.P., Newport, 1701, Cockermouth, 1702-13; Spanish Becretary to Ormonde nt (:ul:. 1702; served under Marllxrongh, 1703, and in Portugal, 1703-4, and became brigadier; gave valuable assistance to Peterborough at Barcelona, 1705; British minister In Spain, 1700; urged -on Archduke Charles aggressive measures; unjustly blamed by Peterborough for the reverse at Almanza, 1707; appointed commander of British forces in Spain, 1708; took Port Mahon. 1708; received overtures from Orleans; as manager of Sacheverell's impeachment made able speech, 1710; won cavalry action at Almenara and victory for allies at Saragossa, 1710; surprised by VendOme and obliged to capitulate at Brihuega; detained prisoner nearly two years; declined Bolingbroke's offer to present him to Louis XIV; a leader of whig opposition; M.P., Wendover, 1713, Newport, 1715; took leading part in securing Hanoverian succession: secretary of state for southern department and privy councillor, 1714; carried impeachment of Ormonde; had chief direction of measures for suppression of Jacobite rising, 1715; active in passing of Septennial Act, but especially in foreign affairs; while with George I at Hanover arranged with Dubois alliance with France and the Dutch, 1716; unjustly charged with treachery to colleagues by Townshend and Wai pole; head of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer, 1717; returned to secretaryship, 1718; created Viscount Stanhope of Mabon, 1717, Earl Stanhope, 1718: negotiated quadruple alliance against Spain, and compelled her to accede to it, 1719: saved Sweden from coalition against her by despatching fleet to the Baltic, 1719; obtained repeal of Schism Act and assisted Suuderland in pressing on Peerage Bill (rejected in Commons), 1718-19; died after vehement speech on South Sea question; monument to him by Kysbrack in Westminster Abbey.
  11. ^ John Stanhope , first Baron Stanhope of Harrington (1545?–1621), third sou of Sir Michael Stanhope; member of council of the north: treasurer of the chamber, 1596-1616; knighted, 1698; M.P., Preston. 1597, Northamptonshire, 1601, Newtown, 1604; a commissioner for union, 1603, and a peer, 1605: member of council of Virginia Company, 1609; signed warrant for torture of Edmoud Peacham, 1615. Hv. 191
  12. ^ Leicester Fitzgerald Charles Stanhope, fifth Earl of Harrington (1784–1862), third son of Charles Stanhope, third earl of Harrington; i.-i:-.of a republic recalled gave information to Moore; received Greek order of the Redeemer, 1818: published Greece in 1823 and 1824; contribute,! to W~ Parry 1. Last Day* of Lord (Paris edition): succeeded to earldom, 1861. entered army. 1799; deputy quartermaster mimrsl in India, 1817; C.B. for services In Mahratta war. 1818: MlOMl,;-.,;. M iM W M:-: ft! v Hastings; went to Greece as agent of En 1828; met Byron in Cefaloola and I Mlssolonghl, where be established a Greek newspaper. Or* government, 1824; brought bome Byron's r, 1888: published* Greece in 18S8and 1824 II "&??
  13. ^ Sir Michael Stanhope (d. 1552), partisan of Protector Somerset: received from Henry VIII grants of monastic property in Nottinghamshire: lieutenant of Kingston-upon-H ull, IMS; M.P n Nottinghamshire. 1544-7: employed in connection with Scottish wars; knighted nan* flapa* 9auau*(hnt m n ra itefovmsx ship of Edward VI, e. 1547; keeper of Windsor park and governor of Hull, 1&I7; sent to Tower of London on Somerset fall, 1549: reappointod at Hull, 1550: beheaded for conspiring against Northumberland.
  14. ^ Philip Stanhope , first Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1666), royalist; created Baron Stanhope of Shdford, 1616, Earl of Chesterfield, 1628; raised regiment of dragoons for Charles I, 1642: obliged to surrender at Lichfield.
  15. ^ Philip Stanhope, second Earl of Chesterfield (1638–1713), grandson of Philip Stanhope, first carl of Chesterfield; said to have declined Cromwell's offer of military command and bis daughter's band: sent to the Tower of London for duelling; again on suspicion of plotting with royalists, 1659; killed a man in a duel, but was pardoned by Charles II. 1660: chamberlain to Catherine of Bragansa, 166S-5; colonel of foot regiment, 1667-8, of Holland regiment. 1682-4; privy councillor, 1681; refused to act as regent for James II afu-r the revolution, but declined office from William III; refused to abjure the Pretender at coronation of Anne; friend of Charles Cotton and patron of Dryden: his letters and autobiographical fragment printed, 1885.
  16. ^ Philip Stanhope , fifth Earl of Chesterfield (1755-1815), cousin and godson of Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, who directed bis education; pupil of Dr. William Dodd, who was hanged for forging his name to a bond; enjoyed favour of George III; privy councillor, 1784, and (nominal) ambassador to Spain, 1784-7; master of the mint, 1789-90, joint postmaster-general, 1790, master of the horse, 1798-1804: K.G., 1806; replaced old mansion of Bretby by modern residence.
  17. ^ Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), statesman, wit, and letter writer: grandson of Philip Stanhope, second earl of Chesterfield; studied for a year at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; by influence of kinsman, James (afterwards Earl) Stanhope, named gentleman of bedchamber to Prince of Wales (afterwards George II), and was elected as whig M.P. for St. Germans, 1715, though a minor: formed Intimacy with Pope: cultivated acquaintance oi Hi nrU-tta Howard, mistress of Prince George, aad incurred enmity of his wife Caroline; M.P., Lostwithid, 1722-5; captain of gentlemen-pensioners, 1728-5; rejected Wulpole'g offer of the order of the Bath, and quarrelled witli him, 1725; succeeded to peerage, 17; privy councillor, 1727: accepted the Hague embassy, 1728; formed intimacy with Mile, du Boucbct, mother (1732) of his natural son; negotiated marriage of Prince of Orange with Anne, princess royal of England; ~LG. and lord steward. 1780; temporarily reconciled with Walpolc: signed treaty with Spain and Holland guaranteeing Pragmatic Sanction, 1731; retired from embassy, 1732; dismissal from lord stewardship for opposition to Excise Bill, 1733; attacked ministry In Fog's Journal von 4 d: er 3 toSrCoa.s l o? wtlsingham), daughter of the Ducless of Kendal, 1788; threatened lawsuit against the crown to recover legacy bequeathed by George I to bis wife's mother, and received 20.0UO. to stay proceedings; frequented society of men of letters in Paris; contributed to fall of Walpole, but continued in opposition; denounced in parliament proposal to hire Hanoverian troops, finl attacked new ministers in the press in letters signed Geffery Broadbottom 1743; acknowledged leader of opposition in House of Lords; received legacy from Dowager duchess of Marlborough in reward for political conduct, 1744, but entered Pelham ministry on retirement of Garteret. 1744; as envoy to the Hague induced Holland to take part in Austrian succession war, 1745; as viceroy in Ireland. 1746-6, kept the country quiet by his tolerant policy, and encouraged national industries; as secretary for the northern department, 1746-8, thwarted in his pacific policy by his colleague Newcastle; declined dukedom: Apology for a late Resignation 1748, inspired or partially written by him: introduced bill for reform of the calendar, 1751; in last speech denounced subsidy treaties with Prussia and Hesse-Cassel, 1755; on invitation of the court overcame Newcastle's objections to take office with Pitt, 1767; built (1749) Chesterfield House, South Audley Street, London, and formed picture galleries there and at Blackheath; wrote much in the World and corresponded with Voltaire and other French friends; elected to Academic des Inscriptions, 1755; patronised men of letters; the prospectus of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary addressed to him, 1747; eulogised Johnson's Dictionary in the World 1764: bore no malice for Dr. Johnson's letter (1756), rebuking him for neglect, and disclaimed responsibility for alleged refusal to receive him; maintained from 1737 an almost daily correspondence with his natural son, procuring his entrance into, parliament and diplomatic employment as envoy to the diet (1763) and minister at Hamburg (1756-64) and Dresden (1764-8); addressed similar letters (236 extant) to his godson and heir-presumptive, 1761-70; his posthumous reputation injured by hostility of leading contemporaries; caricatured as Sir John Chester in Barnaby Rudge; his political insight proved by prophecy (1753) of French revolution: his immorality much exaggerated, and his worldliuess tempered by real affection; political tracts and contributions to periodicals Common Sense 1737-9, The World 1753-6) only publications authorised in his lifetime: his Letters to his natural son published by widow (Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope) of the latter, 1774, Supplement 1787, French version, 1775, German, 1774-6; Miscellaneous Works (including Memoirs of his Life) prepared by Maty, and supplementary letters, withCharacters of Eminent Personages 1777; Miscellaneous Works collected, 1779; bis Letters relative to the education of his godson published, 1817. Collective editions of letters and literary works edited by Lord Mabon, 1845-53, and John Bradshaw, 1892; extracts from other unpublished letters in Ernst's Life of Chesterfield (1893).
  18. ^ Philip Henry Stanhope, fifth Earl Stanhope (1805–1875), historian; grandson of Charles Stanhope, third earl Stanhope; styled Viscount Mahon, 1816-66; B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1827, hon. D.O.L., 1834; conservative M.P., Wootton Bassett, 1830-2, Hertford, 1835-52; under-secretary for foreign affairs, 1834-5; president, Society of Arts, 1846-75; procured passing of bill amending copyright law, 1842; secretary to board of control (India), 1845-6; supported corn law repeal, 1846; one of Peel's literary executors; examiner at Oxford, 1855, and founder of prize for historical essay; obtained parliamentary grant for formation of National Portrait Gallery, and became chairman of trustees, 1857 (opened at Great George Street, Westminster, 1859, since thrice removed); lord rector, Aberdeen, 1858; effected removal of three state services from prayer-book, 1859; created LL.D. Cambridge, 1864; Historical Manuscripts Commission largely doe to him, 1869; proposed parliamentary grant for excavation of Troy; foreign associate of Institut de France, 1872; chairman of copyright commission, 1875; his History of the War of Succession in Spain, 1702-14 1832, baaed largely on papers of first Earl Stanhope; published History of England from Peace of Utrecht to Peace of Versailles, 1713-83 1838-63,Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, with Extracts from his unpublished Correspondence etc., 1861-2 (last ed., 1879), History of England, comprising the Reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht 1870, and other works, including Life of BeUsarius 1829, Spain under Charles II 1840, Essai sur la Vie du Grand Conde 1842 (in English, 1845), Memoirs of Sir Robert Peel 1856-7, collections of essays, and Notes of Conversations with Wellington 1888; edited Letters of Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield (1845, 1853), Secret Correspondence connected with Mr. Pitt's return to office in 1804 (1852), and other works.
  19. ^ William Stanhope, first Earl of Harrington (16907-1756), diplomatist and statesman; served in Spain: colonel of dragoons and M.P. for Derby, 1715; special envoy at Madrid, 1717-18, at Turin, 1718; as volunteer with French army concerted attack on Spanish ships at St. Andero; British ambassador in Spain, 1719171'r; obtained from Ripperda revelation of articles of secret treaty of Vienna, 1726; engaged in fruitless negotiations for cession of Gibraltar; his correspondence with Marquis de la Paz published, 1726-7; vice-chamberlain and privy councillor, 1727; plenipotentiary at Aix-laChapelle and Soissons, 1728-30; procured treaty of Seville (England, France, and Spain), 1729; created Baron Harrington, 1730; secretary of state for northern department, May 1730-41; supported George II's Hanoverian policy against the Walpoles; propounded plan for ultimatum to France, but was obliged to carry out peace policy of Walpole in preliminaries of 1735; negotiated treaty for neutrality of Hanover without knowledge of Walpole, 1741; president of the council, 1741; created Earl of Harrington, 1742; a lord justice, 1743; succeeded Carteret as secretary of state, 1744; resigned, 1746, after George IPs vain attempt to detach him from the Pelhams; returned with Pelhams, but exchanged (October) seals for lord-lieutenancy of Ireland; his vice-royalty (1746-51) marked by beginning of Irish parliamentary opposition.
  20. ^ William Stanhope, second Earl of Harrington (1719–1779), known as 'Peter Shambles'; son of William Stanhope, first earl of Harrington; distinguished at Fontenoy; general, 1770; M.P. (Viscount Petersham), Bury St. Edmunds, 1747-56; his wife a beauty and friend of Horace Walpole.
  21. ^ Richard Stanihurst (1547–1618). See Stanyhurst.
  22. ^ Mrs Stanley (1796?–1861). See Miss Fleming.
  23. ^ Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881), dean of Westminster; son of Edward Stanley (1779-1849) ; at Rugby under Arnold; scholar of Balliol College, Oxford; Ireland scholar and Newdegate prizeman, 1837; as fellow of University College, Oxford, gained prizes for Latin, English, and Ellerton essays, 1839, 1840; helped to promote petition for relief of clergy from subscription to damnatory clauses of Athanasian creed; published Life of Dr. Arnold 1844; opposed degradation of William George Ward and agitation against Dr. Hampden; resigned fellowship, 1850; secretary of Oxford j University commission, 1850-2; canon of Canterbury, ! 1851; travelled in Egypt and Palestine, 1852-3; published Memorials of Canterbury 1854, Commentary on Epistles ; to the Corinthians 1855, Sinai and Palestine 1856; Oxford professor of ecclesiastical history, 1856 (installed j canon of Christ Church, 1858); examining chaplain to , (Archbishop) Tait; publishedLectures on History of the Eastern Church 1861,Lectures on History of the Jewish Church 1863, 1865, 1876; supported Jowett's right to salary as Greek professor and cause of Bishop Oolenso; defendedEssays and ReviewsinEdinburgh Review ! 1861; accompanied Albert Edward, prince of Wales on eastern tour, 1862; dean of Westminster, 1864-81; his views embodied in Essays, chiefly on Questions of Church and State, from 1 850 to 1870 1870: endeavoured to attract men of all shafles of religious opinion to the abbey; issued Memorials of Westminster Abbey 1868; conducted Anglican ceremony at marriage of Duke of Edinburgh and i Grand Duchess Marie at St. Petersburg, 1874.
  24. ^ Charlotte Stanley , OOONTESS OF DERBY (1599-1664), daughter of Claude de la Tremoille, due de Thouars; married to James Stanley, lord Strange, afterwards seventh Earl of Derby, 1626; held Lathom House against parliamentarians, February to May, 1644; afterwards retired to Isle of Man; alleged to have persecuted William Christian for surrendering the island, 1651.
  25. ^ Edward Stanley , first BARON MONTEAQLK (1460 ?-1523), fifth son of Thomas Stanley, first earl of Derby; sheriff of Lancashire, 1485; distinguished himself at Flodden, 1513, and in French war; K.G., 1614; created Baron Monteagle, 1514; at Field of Cloth of Gold, i 1520; commenced religious foundation at Hornby.
  26. ^ Stanley
  27. ^ Stanley
  28. ^ Edward Stanley , third Kuir. v DERBY (1608-157-.!): tl, Pope Clement vn i,, r H.-siry Vlir*dm.r..v. Mitaentin suppressing northern rebellion*, 1636 and 1ft t 1M7: privy c-ouu-illor, 1661, imder spwlal conditions; assessor at trial of Somerset, 1661; lord-lieutenant of re, 1562; regular member ot privy council, 1653; gpeci.il commissioner for trial of lady JaneOrey; helped to try protestnnto; retained M privy com ElmiU th; lord-lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire, 1569; gave warning of Insurrection of 1669, but regarded with.suspicion by government.
  29. ^ Edward Stanley (1779–1849), bishop of Norwich; uncle of Kdward John Stanley, second baron Stanley of A! l.-rl.-v; sixteenth wrangler from St. John's College, Cambridge, 102; incumbent of Alderley, 1805-37; keenly interested in education: published Familiar History of Bird* 1836; lectured on geology; advocated church reform, 1831; Chairman of board of guardians, 1834; bishop of Norwich, 1K37-49; enforced Plurality and Non-residence Act; appointed rural deans instituted annual confirmations; supported whig measures in House of Lords: advocate of admission of nouconformiste to National schools, of ragged schools, and of temperance.
  30. ^ Edward Stanley (1793–1862), surgeon : trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; M.R.C.8., 1814; Jacksouian prizeman, 1816; lecturer on anatomy, St. Bartholomew's, 1826-48, surgeon, 1838-61; F.R&, 1830; life member of council. Royal College of Surgeons, 1832, professor of human anatomy and physiology, 1835, Huuteriau orator, 1839, president, 1848, 1867; surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1868; president of Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society; published important treatises on diseases of the bones, 1849.
  31. ^ Edward George Geoffrey Stanley fourteenth EARL OK DERBY (1799-1869), statesman; son of Edward Smith Stanley, thirteenth earl of Derby q. v.1; of Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (hon. D.C.L., 1862); won chancellor's Latin verse prize, 1819: whig M.P., Stockbridge, 1820-6, Preston, 1826-30, Windsor, 1831-2, North Lancashire, 1832-44: under-secretary for the colonies under Ctmning and Goderich; as Irish secretary (1830-3) under Earl Grey attacked by O'Obnnell, whom he challenged: prosecuted O'Oounell for breach of Association Act, 1831; moderate supporter of parliamentary reform, pressing for concessions within the cabinet; after defeat of ministers on Lyndhurst's amendment (May 1832) supported full reform scheme: introduced Reform Bill for Ireland, 1832: instituted Irish board of works; introduced Irish Education Act, 1831: passed measures making tithe composition in Ireland compulsory, 1832; carried Peace Preservation Act and Irish Church Temporalities Act, 1833, though opposed by Althorp in the cabinet; as colonial secretary carried act for abolition of slavery, 1833: resigned, 1834, being opposed to appropriation of Irish church revenues for secular purposes; his independent party named by O'Connell theDerby Dilly joined conservative opposition, 1836; compelled whig government to modify Irish disendowment proposals; colonial secretary undi-r Peel, 1841-4; called up to House of Lords as Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe, 1844; resigned on Peel's declaration in favour of immediate free trade; declined to form protectionist ministry, 1846, but reluctantly accepted leadership of anti-freetraders: made brilliant speeches in parliament on foreign affairs, 1848-51; attempted to form conservative ministry. 1851; succeeded to earldom, 1861: formed protectionist ministry (February 1852), but fallal to secure majority at general election (July), and resigned (December) after defeat on the budget: on Aberdeen's defeat (1855) again tried to form ministry; attacked foreign policy of Palmerstou ministry, 1866-8: during bis second premiership (18M-9) settled the Orsiui dispute with France, the Cagllari question with Naples, and difficulties with America concerning the right of search: introduced bill for equalisation of town and country franchise, but was beaten on clause disfranchising forty-shilling freeholders: dissolved parliament; resigned on carrying of Hartiugton's vote of want of confidence; created extra Jt.G.: came to understanding with Palmenton: prevented KiirlSsh intervention in German-Danish war, 1864; during third administration (1866-8) concerted with Disraeli parliamentary Reform Bill of 1867; resigned, February 1868: call*! the Rupert of debateby Lord Lyttoo In II theNew Tlmon cotton famine largely doe to him; devoted to scholarship and sport: chancellor of Oxford University arsip and -:.:....; 1870; published of the Iliad -:,..,..-!.-. in. , Including a version (issued privately, 1869, published 1864). STANLEY, BDWARD HBNRY, fifteenth BAM. or -.-..-.....-,.;:;.,:. George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, fourteenth earl of Derby Fq. v.; of Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 184H, hon. LL.D., 186f (D.O.L. Oxford, 1863): the LL.D., Apostles travelled in North America ad - !:;:.-. 1848, Jams i,, ! i, oVx LtM M, Bengal, 1862 flLP., King's Lynn, 184849; undersecretary for foreign affairs, 1862: declined Palmerston's offer of colonial secretaryship, 18M; joined opposition to Crimean war; member of commission on army purchase; colonial secretary, and (after passing of India bill) Indian secretary in second Derby niinlktry (1868-9); in cabinet supported disfranchising clauses of Reform Hill, member of Cambridge University president Indian army and patent laws offered crown of Greece, 1863; made able speech ing Grosvenor's amendment to Reform BUI of 1866; suggested as head of a ministry, 1866; foreign secretary under Derby and Disraeli, 1866-8; mediated between France and Prussia, postponing war by hiscollective guarantee of Luxemburg, 1867; declined interference In Crete and Italy; in Alabama case admitted principle of arbitration; supported Reform BUI: led opposition to Irish disestablishment half-heartedly, 1869; succeeded as earl, 1869; as foreign secretary (1874-8) In Disraeli's second ministry accepted with hesitation purchase of Sues Canal shares and Austrian proposals for reforms in Turkey, demanded punishment of jwrpetrators of Bulgarian atrocities, and initiated Constantinople conference on Turkish reform (1876): resigned on Disraeli's ordering of British fleet to the Dardanelles, 1878 (January); resumed office on countermanding of order, but again resigned on calling out of the reserves (March): opposed acquisition of Cyprus and first Afghan war, 1879; left conservatives, 1880; at colonial secretary under Gladstone, 1882 ( December)- 18W, resisted further annexation of tropical colonies, concluded (invention of 1884 with the Boers, and discouraged Australian federation; K.G., 1884: joined liberal unionist*. and led them in House of Lords, 1886-91; preaided over labour commission, 1892; chancellor of London University, 1891 1893; lord rector of Glasgow University, 1868-71, Edinburgh University, 1876-80.
  32. ^ Edward John Stanley , second BARON STANLEY OF ALDKRLRY and first HAHON EDDISBURY OF WotNI.NHTOX (1802-1869), statesman; B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1826; whig M.P., Hiudon, 1831, North Cheshire, 1832-41 and 1847-8; nuder-secretary for colonies, 18S8-4 home department, 1834, foreign department, 1846-W; paymaster-general, 1841 and 1860: privy councillor and liberal whip; created Baron Eddihlmry, 1H4M; succeeded to Stanley barony, 1 850; president of board of trade, 1 856-3.
  33. ^ Edward Smith Stanley , thirteenth EARL OF Derby Derby (1776–1861): M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1795; whig M.P.. Preston. 1796-1812. Lancashire, 1812-3S; summoned as Baron Stanley of Bickerataffe, 1832; succeeded to earldom, 1834; K.G., 1839: president of Linnean Society, 1828-33; prudent of Zoological Jociety; formed private menagerie at KM. Cranenamed after him: his museum given to Liverpool
  34. ^ Ferdinando Stanley , fifth EARL OF DERBY (1659 ?-1694), son of Henry Stanley, fourth earl of Derby ; M.A. St John's College, Oxford, 1689: at mayor of Liverpool raised troop of horse, 1688; summoned as Baron Strange, 1589; succeeded to earldom and sovereignty of Man, 1593; panegyrised by Spenser, as Amyntas Nash, and Chapman. Hv. 671
  35. ^ Hans Stanley (1720T-1780), politician; M.P.. St Albans, 1743-7, Southampton, 1764-80; a lord of the admiralty, 1757-66; employed by Pitt as charge d'affaires to conduct negotiations at Paris, 1761; failed; priry councillor, 1762; governor of Isle of Wight, 1764; cofferer of the household, 1766-74, and from 1776; Sloane trustee; left works in manuscript: Ultimate with Hdvetins; committed suicide at Althorp. 4x2
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  38. ^ Henrietta Maria Stanley . LADY STAM.KY OF AUKUI.KY (1807-1895), married Edward John Stanley, baron Stanley of Alderley, 1826; rendered service to whig party; friend of Carlyle, Frederick Maurice, and Jowett; promoter of women's edu
  39. ^ Henry Stanley , fourth KAKL OF DERBY (1531–1698), n f Edward Stanley, third earl of Derby; styled Lord Strange till succession, 1572; hostage in Prance, 1550; gentleman of the privy chamber to Edward VI, 1647, to Philip of Spain, 1554; alleged himself to have been employed by Somerset to exercise influence and watch over Edward VI; married, 1555, Margaret Clifford, granddaughter of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII; summoned as Baron Strange, 1559; commissioner for ecclesiastical causes; member of council of tin- north: K.G., 1574; privy councillor, 1585; commissioner at trial of Mary Queen of Scots, 1586, to treat with Spain, 1588; lord high steward, 1589.
  40. ^ James Stanley (1465?–1516), bishop of Ely ; son of Thomas Stanley, first earl of Derby; M.A. ( xford, D.Can.L., 1506; warden of collegiate church of Manchester, 1485; dean of St. Martin-le-Grand, London, I486: archdeacon of Richmond, 1500; prebendary of Salisbury, 1505; bishop of Ely by papal bull, 1506-15; took part in foundation of St. John's and Christ's colleges, Cambridge; compiled statutes for Jesus College, Cambridge; denounced by protestants for loose morals.
  41. ^ James Stanley , seventh EARL OP DERBY (1607–1651),the Martyr Earl M.P. (Lord Strange), Liverpool, 1625; K.B., 1626: summoned as Baron Strange, 1628: lord-lieutenant of North Wales; encouraged minor authors and actors; attended Charles I at York, 1639-40; said to have mustered sixty thousand Lancashire and Cheshire royalists; attempted to recover Manchester for Charles I, 1642; seized magazines; impeached and outlawed by parliament; succeeded to earldom, 1642; twice defeated near Warrington; took Preston, 1643; repulsed Breretou at Warrington, but was defeated at Whalley, 1643; with Rupert in the north, 1644, leading the assault at Bolton; after Marston Moor, 1644, withdrew to Man, rejecting terms, for six years; landed in Lancashire, 1651, and saw Charles II, but failed to gain over presbyterians; routed at Wigan by Robert Lilburne; after Worcester (3 Sept. 1661) conducted Charles II to Boscobel; captured, condemned as traitor by court-martial, and executed; his Discourse concerning Government of Isle f Manprinted in Peck's Desiderata Curiosa 1732.
  42. ^ Sir John Stanley (1350?–1414), founder of house of Stanley; acquired Knowsley and Lathom by marriage with Isabel Latham, c. 1385; deputy for De Vere in Ireland, 1386, lieutenant, 1389-91; held posts on Welsh and Scottish borders; regranted Irish office by Henry IV, 1399; superseded, 1401; steward of Prince Henry's household from 1403; K.G., 1405; granted the Isle of Man, 1406; died Henry V'a lieutenant in Ireland.
  43. ^ John Stanley (1714–1786), musician; accidentally blinded in childhood; organist of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, at eleven; organist of St. Andrew's, Holborn, London, 1726-86, and Inner Temple, 1734-86; Mus.Bac. Oxford, 1730; played organ concertos at Vaaxhall; led subscription concerts with violin; invented apparatus for teaching music to the blind; his oratorio 4 Jephthah performed, 1757; carried on Co vent Garden Lent oratorios with John Christopher Smith lq. T., 1780-74, and afterwards with Thomas Linley the elder; composed Zirnri 1760, Arcadia (dramatic pastoral), 1762, Fall of Egypt 1774; led George Ill's band, 1788; set Warton'a birthday ode, 1786; published twelve cantatas, organ voluntaries, and concertos.
  44. ^ Montague Stanley (1809–1844), actor and landscape-painter; played at York under name of Manby, 1824, at Edinburgh In his own name, 1826-38, visitine Dublin, 1830, London, 1882-3; left the stage, 1838; A.R.S.A., 1839. liv. 753
  45. ^ Thomas Stanley (1406?–1459), first Baron Stanley; son of Sir John Stanley; lieutenant-governor of Ireland, 1431-7: M.P., Lancashire, 1446-55; comptroller of the household, c. 1447; lord chamberlain and privy councillor, c. 1466; K.G.; created peer, 1466.
  46. ^ Thomas Stanley , first Earl of Derby (1435?1604), succeeded his father, Thomas Stanley, as second Baron Stanley, 1459; married Eleanor Neville before 1J60; with Henry VI at Northampton (146U), hut made chief-justice of Chester and Flint by Edward IV, 1461; again Lancastrian on restoration of Henry VI, 1470; privy councillor and lord steward after Warwick's defeat, 1471; held commands in France, 1475, and Scotland, 1482; married, c. 1482, Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond; imprisoned for support of Edward V, 1483, but continued in offices by Ricliard III, and named K.G. and constable of England; took up neutral position at Bosworth (1485), but crowned the victor; created by Henry VII Earl of Derby, 1485, and continued in all his offices.
  47. ^ Thomas Stanley (d. 1570), bishop of Sodor and Man; second son of Edward Stanley, first baron Monteagle; appointed bishop, 1530, deprived, 1545, restored, 1556; his metrical chronicle of Stanleys of Latbom in Halli well's Palatine Anthology (1850).
  48. ^ Thomas Stanley (1625–1678), classical scholar ; descendant of Edward Stanley, third earl of Derby; M.A. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1641; travelled; financially assisted Sir Edward Sherburne, John Hall (1627-1656), and James Shirley; intimate with William Hammond, and with Lovelace (his cousin); published poems and translations, 1647-51, including versions of Tasso, Petrarch, and Lope de Vega, and of Greek and late Latin poets; his Latin and Greek translations edited by Brydges, 1814-15; his version of Anacreon reprinted, 1893; published alsoHistory of Philosophy (4 vols.), 1655, 1656, 1660, 1662 (mainly biographical), long a standard work; his edition of 2Eschylus (1663)republished, 1745, revised by Richard Porson 1795 and 1806, and by Samuel Butler (1774-1839), 1809-16, criticised by Charles James Blomfield; his manuscript notes on classical authors in Cambridge University Library; at the time of the Bentley-Boyle controversy Bentley was accused of using without acknowledgment his comments on Callimachus.
  49. ^ Venetia Stanley (1600–1633). See Venetia Digby.
  50. ^ Sir William Stanley (d. 1495), lord chamberlain to Henry VII; brother of Thomas Stanley, first earl of Derby; made chamberlain of Chester by Edward IV, 1461; rewarded further after Hexham and Towton; made justiciar of North Wales and granted estates in Derbyshire by Richard III; was denounced as traitor by his nephew, Lord Strange, and outlawed; joined Richmond at end of battle of Bosworth, deciding the day by bringing three thousand men into action; K.G. and lord chamberlain, 1485; beheaded as accomplice of Warbeck.
  51. ^ Sir William Stanley (1548–1630), adventurer; of Hooton; volunteer under Alva, 1567-70; served Queen Elizabeth in Ireland, 1570-85; knighted, 1579; took part in hunting down of Desmond and Fitzgerald of Imokelly and reduction of Munster, 1583; sheriff of Cork and temporary governor of Munster, 1584; wounded hi expedition against Ulstermen, 1584-5; raised men in Ireland for service in Netherlands, but meditated treachery, 1585-6: distinguished at Zutphen, 1586; English governor of Deventer, betraying it to Spanish, 1587; pensioned by Spain; advised invasion of England from Ireland; returned to Netherlands to act with Armada, 1588; with Spanish hi France, 1596-7, in Netherlands, 1598-1603; negotiated with English government for pardon; Spanish governor of Mechlin; died at Ghent.
  52. ^ William Stanley (1647–1731), dean of St. Asaph; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1666; fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1669; master, 1693-8; M.A., 1670; created D.D. 1694; chaplain to Princess of Orange, 1685; clerk of the closet and canon of St. Paul's, London, 1689; archdeacon of London, 1692; dean of St Asaph, 1706-31; the Stentor of the Tatler; defrayed cost of act relieving relicts of Welsh clergy from mortuary fees: works include Faith and Practice of a Church of England-Man 1688.
  53. ^ Alfred Stannard (1806–1889), landscapepainter; brother of Joseph Stannard
  54. ^ Joseph Stannard (1797–1830), painter; exhibited with Norwich Society, 1811-16, at Royal Academy and British Institution, 1820-9.
  55. ^ Ephraim Gerrish Stannus (1784-1850), major-general; ensign, Bombay nriny. IKoti; promoted major for services iu Pindari war, 1818; private secretary to Mountstuart Elphinstone; lieutenant-colonel, 9th Native Infantry, 1822; C.B. 1823; first British resident in Persian Gulf, 1823-6: lieutenant-governor of East India College, Addiscombe, 1834-50; knighted, 1887; major-general, 1838.
  56. ^ Sir James Stansfeld (1820–1898) politician ; educated at University College, London; B.A., LL.D. 1844; barrister, Middle Temple, 1849; intimate with Mazzini; liberal M.I for Halifax, 1859-95; advocated cause of Italian unity; junior lord of admiralty, 1868; charged with being In correspondence with conspirators against Napoleon HI, and though hit explanation was nvaniul by 1'almenton as satisfactory realgned office, 1864; under-secretary of state for India, IBM; third lord of treasury, 1868; privy councillor, 1869; financial secretory to treasury, 1869; president of poor law board. lh7l: president of local government board, 1871-4; G.C.B.
  57. ^ John Stanwix (1690?-1766), lieutenant-general; entered army, 1706: lieutenant-colonel, 1746; MP, Carlisle, 1746, Appleby, 1761; governor of Carlisle, 1762; of Isle of Wight, 1763; colonel-commandant of royal Americans (king's royal rifle oorpsX 1766; in Pemii-ylvunia, 1767-60; built Fort Stanwix, 1768; lieutenant-general, 1761; lost in Irish Channel.
  58. ^ Richard Stanwix (1608-1656), divine: M.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1632; fdlow; B.D., 1G39; incorporated at Cambridge, 1640; chaplain to lord keepers Coventry and Finch; published a devotional work, 1652.
  59. ^ Abraham Stanyan (1669?-1732), diplomatist: student, Middle Temple, 1690; while envoy (1705-9) to Swiss cantons co-operated with Dutch envoy in obtaining for king of Prussia succtvsiun to Neufcbatel: undertook secret mission to Piedmont, 1710; negotiated with emperor Charles Viand Duke of Savoy, 1712; M.I, Buckingham, 1716; envoy extraordinary to the empeior Charles VI, 1716-17; ambassador extraordinary at Constantinople, 1719-20; clerk in privy seal office: member of Kit-Cat Club, but friend of Pope; published Account of Switzerland 1714.