Family and Education
b. c. 1608, 2nd s. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby (d.1642) and Elizabeth, da. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford; bro. of James, Lord Strange*.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 283. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Low Countries) 1623-5. APC, 1623-5, p. 124. m. 1627, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Arthur Gorges† of Chelsea, 3s. (1 d.v.p.); Vis. Lancs. 283. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. d. 3 Jan. 1633. LMA, microfilm X026/012, f. 40.
Offices Held
Freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1622,
?Gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary.
Main residences: Ormskirk, Lancs.; Chelsea, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
STANLEY, Robert (c.1608-1633)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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