STANLEY, Sir Edward, 5th Bt. (1689-1776), of Bickerstaffe, Lancs.

b. 17 Sept. 1689, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Bt. M.P., of Bickerstaffe by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Patten, M.P., of Preston, Lancs. educ. Macclesfield sch. Cheshire; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1707. m. 14 Sept. 1714, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Hesketh of Rufford, Lancs., 3s. d.v.p. 6da. suc. fa. 7 May 1714; his distant cos. James Stanley, M.P., 10th Earl of Derby, as 11th Earl, 1 Feb. 1736.