Family and Education
b. 13 Nov. 1802, 1st s. of Sir John Thomas Stanley†, 7th bt., of Alderley Park, Cheshire and Penrhos, Anglesey and Hon. Maria Josepha Holroyd, da. of John Baker Holroyd†, 1st earl of Sheffield [I]. educ. Eton 1816; Christ Church, Oxf. 1822. m. 7 Oct. 1826, at Florence (and again, 26 June 1833, at Alderley), Hon. Henrietta Maria Dillon Lee, da. of Henry Augustus Dillon Lee†, 13th Visct. Dillon [I], 4s. 8da. (3 d.v.p.). cr. Bar. Eddisbury 12 May 1848; suc. fa. as 2nd Bar. Stanley of Alderley 23 Oct. 1850. d. 16 June 1869.
Offices Held
Under-sec. of state for home affairs July – Nov. 1834; sec. to treasury Apr. 1835 – June 1841; paymaster-gen. July – Sept. 1841, Feb. 1852, Jan. 1853 – Mar. 1855; PC 11 Aug. 1841; under-sec. of state for foreign affairs July 1846 – Dec. 1851; vice-pres. bd. of trade Feb. 1852, Jan. 1853 – Mar. 1855, pres. Mar. 1855 – Feb. 1858; postmaster-gen. Aug. 1860-July 1866.
Main residence: 38 Lower Brook Street, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
STANLEY, Edward John (1802-1869)
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