Edward Stanley

Edward Stanley may refer to:

  • Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle (c. 1460–1523), English soldier and peer
  • Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1509–1572), English nobleman
  • Edward Stanley (MP for Merioneth) (by 1513-64 or later), MP for Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Edward Stanley (MP for Flint Boroughs) (1521/22-?1609), MP for Flint Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (1689–1776), British peer and politician
  • Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834), British peer and politician
  • Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775–1851), English politician, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist
  • Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869), English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826–1893), British statesman, twice Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
  • Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802–1869), British politician
  • Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1839–1925), educationalist
  • Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1907–1971), English nobleman
  • Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (1865–1948), British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner
  • Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894–1938), British Conservative politician
  • Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby (1918–1994), British peer
  • Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby (born 1962), British peer
  • Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (born 1998), son of the 19th Earl of Derby
  • Edward Stanley (1639–1664), Member of Parliament for Lancashire
  • Edward Stanley (1790–1863), Member of Parliament for West Cumberland, 1832–1852
  • Edward Stanley (1826–1907), Member of Parliament for West Somerset and Bridgwater
  • Edward Stanley (bishop) (1779–1849), Bishop of Norwich
  • Edward Stanley (cricketer) (1852–1896), English cricketer

Famous quotes containing the word stanley:

    “Then I will no longer
    Find myself in life as in a strange garment”
    —William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)