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b. 31 Jan. 1607,Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. lxx), 3. 1st s. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby and Elizabeth, da. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford; bro. of Sir Robert*. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 283. educ. privately (George Murray, BD of King’s, Camb., and Charles Herle, MA of Exeter Coll. Oxf.); travelled abroad (France, Italy, Low Countries) 1623-5. Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), pp. iv-vii; APC, 1623-5, p. 124. m. 26 June 1626, Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), p. xv. (with £24,000), Ibid. p. xvi. Charlotte (d. 22 Mar. 1664), Ormskirk Par. Reg. ed. T. Williams (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xcviii), 183. da. of Claude de la Trémoille, duc de Thouars, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxx), 3-4. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626, KG 12 Jan. 1650 (not installed); Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 34, 160. styled. Lord Strange by 1622; summ. to Lords as Baron Strange 7 Mar. 1628; Lords Procs. 1628, v. 595. suc. fa. as 7th earl of Derby, 1642. CP, iv. 214. exec. 15 Oct. 1651. Ibid. 215.
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Member, High Commission, York prov. 1629. Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), p. xxxix.

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STANLEY, James, Lord Strange (1607-1651), of Knowsley and Latham, Lancs.
Main residences: Knowsley; Latham, Lancs.
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R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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STANLEY, James, Lord Strange (1607-1651)

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