STANLEY, William Richard George (1655-1702)

Family and Education

b. 18 Mar. 1655, 3rd but 1st surv. s. Charles Stanley, 8th earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena (d. 6 Apr. 1703), da. of Jan van den Kerckhove, Ld. of Heenvliet [Dutch]; bro. James Stanley, later 10th earl of Derby and Charles Zedenno Stanley^‡. educ. travelled abroad (France and Italy) (tutors, James Forbes, Thomas Fairfax) 1673-5; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 443; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iii. 331-72. m. 10 July 1673 (with £10,000), Elizabeth (1660-1717), da. Thomas Butler, Bar. Butler of Moore Park, styled. earl of Ossory [I], 4s. d.v.p., 2da. Add. 33589, ff. 102-7; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iii. 326, 452-3; Lancs. RO, DDK/13/8; 14/1. suc. fa. 21 Dec. 1672 as Ld. of Man; d. 5 Nov. 1702; will 19 May 1692; pr. 7 July 1705. TNA, PROB 11/482.

Offices Held

Steward, Furness, Lancs. 1672–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 135. ld. lt. Lancs. 1676 – Sept. 1687, Oct. 1688 – May 1689, June 1702 – d., Cheshire 1676 – Jan. 1688, Oct. 1688 – Apr. 1689, N. Wales June 1702 – d.; cust. rot. Lancs. 1681 – 87, June 1702 – d., Cheshire 1682–88; Glassey, JPs, 275, 279, 285; CSP Dom. 1689–90, pp. 181, 335, 404; HMC Kenyon, 213. chamb., co. palatine of Chester 1677 – d.; freeman, Preston by 1682; Preston Burgesses (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 180. vice-adm., Lancs. and Cheshire 1684–91. Sainty, Vice-admirals (correcting CP).

Parlimentarian

STANLEY, William Richard George (1655-1702)

Associated with: Knowsley Hall; Lathom House, Lancs. . 1672–d.; Castle Rushen, Isle of Man.

Likenesses

mezzotint by R. Tompson, after Sir P. Lely, 1679, NPG D1744.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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