Baron Stanley of Alderley
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Baron Stanley of Alderley, in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1839 for Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet, of Alderley Hall. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron, who was a prominent Liberal politician. Two years prior to succeeding his father, in 1848, he had been created Baron Eddisbury, of Winnington in the County Palatine of Chester, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1909 the latter's son, the fourth Baron Stanley of Alderley, succeeded to the Barony of Sheffield and became the 4th Baron Sheffield as well. The three Baronies remain united.
The Baronetcy, of Alderley Hall in the County of Chester, had been created in the Baronetage of England in 1660 for the barrister Thomas Stanley. He was a descendant of Hon. Sir John Stanley, third son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (whose son was created Earl of Derby in 1485). The first Baron Stanley of Alderley was a great-great-great-grandson of the first Baronet.
The London townhouse of the Stanley family at 40 Dover Street was purchased by The Arts Club, a thoroughly estimable club for gentlemen interested in the arts, in 1896. It remains there to this day.
[edit] Stanley Baronets, of Alderley Hall (1660)
- Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Baronet (1597-1672)
- Sir Peter Stanley, 2nd Baronet (1626-1683)
- Sir Thomas Stanley, 3rd Baronet (1652-1721)
- Sir James Stanley, 4th Baronet (d. 1747)
- Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Baronet (d. 1755)
- Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Baronet (1735-1807)
- Sir John Thomas Stanley, 7th Baronet (1766-1850) (created Baron Stanley of Alderley in 1839)
[edit] Barons Stanley of Alderley (1839)
- John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley (1766-1850)
- Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (1802-1869)
- Henry Edward John Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley and 2nd Baron Eddisbury (1827-1903)
- Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury (1839-1925), known as Lord Stanley of Alderley
- Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 4th Baron Eddisbury (1875-1931), known as Lord Sheffield
- Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 5th Baron Eddisbury (1907-1971), known as Lord Stanley of Alderley
- Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley, 7th Baron Sheffield, 7th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 6th Baron Eddisbury (1915-1971), known as Lord Sheffield
- Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 8th Baron Sheffield, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 7th Baron Eddisbury (b. 1927), known as Lord Stanley of Alderley
