Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby

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Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, MC (21 April 1918 – 28 November 1994), styled Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948, was a British peer, landowner and businessman.

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Background and education

The eldest son of Lord Stanley and the Hon. Sibyl Cadogan, daughter of Viscount Chelsea, his grandfather was Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, a British Ambassador to Paris.

Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, born Henry Arthur Cadogan DL, was a British army officer, civil servant and politician.

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby,, styled Mr Edward Stanley until 1886, then The Hon Edward Stanley and then Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat, and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to France.

He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. His father having died in 1938, he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom and other family titles.^[1]

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Military service

Edward Stanley served with the Grenadier Guards in the Second World War, being promoted Major, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the Italian Campaign.^[2] After WWII he was appointed, in 1947, Lieutenant-Colonel of the King's Regiment (Territorial Army),^[3] and then as Colonel of the 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, King's Regiment between 1947 and 1951. He continued as Colonel of the renamed 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment (TAVR) between 1951 and 1967, and then as Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Liverpool Scottish (TA) from 1964, as well as Colonel of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Lancastrian Volunteers (TA) between 1967 and 1975.

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Italian Campaign (World War II) military campaign of World War II

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Civilian career

A Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire between 1946^[4] and 1951, Lord Derby was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire in 1951 in which capacity he served until 1968.

Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km²). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.

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Knowsley Village benefited from his gift of St Mary's Church of England school, playing fields and cottage to the Church Commissioners in 1949, followed by the transfer of the parish benefice to the diocese of Liverpool.

Knowsley is a large village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It is more commonly known as Knowsley Village.

St Mary's Church is in Knowsley Lane, Knowsley Village, Merseyside, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Huyton. In the Buildings of England series, Pollard and Pevsner describe the church as being "largish" with "an intimate interior".

The Church Commissioners is a body managing the historic property assets of the Church of England. It was set up in 1948 combining the assets of Queen Anne's Bounty, a fund dating from 1704 for the relief of poor clergy, and of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners formed in 1836. The Church Commissioners are a registered charity regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and are liable for the payment of pensions to retired clergy whose pensions were accrued before 1998 (subsequent pensions are the responsibility of the Church of England Pensions Board.

Stanley High School, Southport, which he opened in 1952, was named after him.^[5]

He held the honorary titles of Constable of Lancaster Castle between 1972 and 1994, and Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University between 1964 and 1971.^[6]

A director of Martins Bank and of Granada Television, Lord Derby created Knowsley Safari Park in 1971 on his ancestral estate.^[7]

The Earl of Derby Scout Troop planted a tree and erected a stone plaque in the grounds of Knowsley Hall in celebration of the quincentenary (1985) of the earldom's creation. Stanley was an active freemason.^[8]

Family

Lord Derby married Isabel Milles-Lade, daughter of the Hon. Henry Milles, in 1948. Their marriage was childless.

Lady Derby died in 1990; Lord Derby survived her by four years and died in 1994, aged 76, being succeeded in the family titles by his nephew, Edward Stanley as the 19th Earl.^[9]

Thoroughbred horse racing

Following family tradition, Lord Derby was an owner of thoroughbred racehorses: his colt Teleprompter won the 1984 Arlington Million at Arlington Park, Illinois.

Arms

Coat of arms of Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby
	Notes arms adopted late 13c by Sir William Stanley, father of Sir John Stanley KG, titular King of Man Coronet That of an Earl Crest On a Chapeau Gules doubled Ermine an Eagle wings extended Or preying on an Infant in its Cradle Proper swaddled Gules the Cradle laced Or Helm That of a Peer Escutcheon Argent on a Bend Azure three Stags' Heads cabossed Or Supporters Dexter: a Griffin wings elevated Or ducally collared and line reflexed over the back Azure Sinister: a Stag Or collared and lined of the Dexter Motto Sans Changer(in French) (Unchanging) Orders Circlet of the Order of St John (CStJ) Previous versions

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References

↑ www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
↑ "No. 36563". The London Gazette . 13 June 1944. p. 2852.
↑ "No. 38107". The London Gazette . 24 October 1947. p. 5058.
↑ "No. 37718". The London Gazette . 10 September 1946. p. 4515.
↑ "A Year at Stanley High School" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
↑ www.npg.org.uk
↑ www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk
↑ "Power of the Masons - Myth of Menace?". Sunday People. 13 July 1986.
↑ Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn . London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 1105 (DERBY, E). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Derby
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

Peerage of England
Preceded by Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl	Earl of Derby 1948–1994	Succeeded by Edward Richard William Stanley 19th Earl
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Peel	Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1951–1968	Succeeded by The Lord Rhodes

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[1] www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk

[2] "No. 36563". The London Gazette . 13 June 1944. p. 2852.

[3] "No. 38107". The London Gazette . 24 October 1947. p. 5058.

[4] "No. 37718". The London Gazette . 10 September 1946. p. 4515.

[5] "A Year at Stanley High School" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[6] www.npg.org.uk

[7] www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk

[8] "Power of the Masons - Myth of Menace?". Sunday People. 13 July 1986.

[9] Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn . London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 1105 (DERBY, E). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.