STANLEY, Charles (1628-72) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 19 Jan. 1628, 1st s. of James Stanley^†, 7th earl of Derby, and Charlotte (d. 1664), da. of Claude de la Trémoille, duc de Thouars [France]; bro. of Edward^‡ and William Stanley^‡. educ. private tutor (Samuel Rutter) ?-1651. J. Seacome, Mems. containing a Genealogical and Hist. Account of the … House of Stanley (1793), 357-58. m. 1650 Dorothea Helena (d. 6 Apr. 1703), da. of Jan van den Kerckhove, Ld. of Heenvliet [Dutch], 9s. (5 d.v.p.), 5da. (3 d.v.p.). P. E. Stanley, House of Stanley, (1998), 203-4. suc. fa. 15 Oct. 1651 as Ld. of Man. d. 21 Dec. 1672; admon. 3 Oct. 1674 to wid. TNA, PROB 6/49, f. 142.

Offices Held

Ld. lt., Lancs. 1660 – d., Cheshire (sole) 1660 – 62, (jt.) 1662 – 64, (sole) 1664 – d.; chamb. co. palatine of Chester (jt) 1660 – d.; forester, Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 66; Lancs. RO, DDK/12/22. steward, Furness Liberty, Lancs. 1660–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, ed. R. Somerville, 135. v.-adm. Cheshire and Lancs. 1661 – d.; mayor, Chester 1668–9. Chester Freemen (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 156.

Parlimentarian

STANLEY, Charles (1628-72)

Associated with: Lathom House; Knowsley Hall., Lancs.; Castle Rushen, Isle of Man.

Likenesses

line engraving by E. Davis aft. A. Hanneman, 1650s, NPG D16538; mezzotint by A. Blooteling, 1660s-70s, NPG D1741.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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