Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers,1st Earl of Derby,under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279. Most of the Ferrers property and the Derby title were then held by the family of Henry III. The title merged in the Crown upon Henry IV's accession to the throne in 1399.
William Paget,1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert,was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII,Edward VI and Mary I.
Thomas Pelham,2nd Earl of Chichester PC,PC (Ire),FRS,styled The Honourable Thomas Pelham from 1768 until 1783,The Right Honourable Thomas Pelham from 1783 to 1801,and then known as Lord Pelham until 1805,was a British Whig politician. He notably held office as Home Secretary under Henry Addington from 1801 to 1803.
Edward Smith-Stanley,13th Earl of Derby,KG,of Knowsley Hall in Lancashire,was a politician,peer,landowner,builder,farmer,art collector and naturalist. He was the patron of the writer Edward Lear.
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil,4th Marquess of Salisbury,,known as Viscount Cranborne from 1868 to 1903,was a British statesman.
Edward Smith-Stanley,12th Earl of Derby PC,usually styled Lord Stanley from 1771 to 1776,was a British peer and politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He held office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1783 in the Fox–North coalition and between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.
John Yarde-Buller,1st Baron Churston was a British,Conservative politician.
John Charles Villiers,3rd Earl of Clarendon,PC was a British peer and Member of Parliament from the Villiers family.
Edward Stanley,11th Earl of Derby,known as Sir Edward Stanley,5th Baronet,from 1714 to 1736,was a British nobleman,peer,and politician.
James Stanley,10th Earl of Derby,styled The Honourable until 1702,was a British peer,soldier and politician.
William Richard George Stanley,9th Earl of Derby,styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672,was an English peer and politician.
Edward John Stanley,18th Earl of Derby,,styled Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948,was a British peer,landowner and businessman.
Lt Col. Charles Harbord,6th Baron Suffield,CB,MVO,was a British Army officer and British Conservative politician.
Sir Gilbert Gerard was a prominent lawyer,politician,and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member of the English parliament for four different constituencies. He was Attorney-General for more than twenty years during the reign of Elizabeth I,as well as vice-chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,and later served as Master of the Rolls. He acquired large estates,mainly in Lancashire and Staffordshire.
James Smith-Stanley,Lord Strange (1716–1771) was commonly known by that title,though neither he nor his father had any claim to it. He was the eldest son of Edward Stanley,11th Earl of Derby,whose predecessor's heirs had used that courtesy title,but the right to two successive baronies Lord Strange had descended to daughters,when the earldom had passed to the heir male.
Thomas Gerard,1st Baron Gerard was a Staffordshire and Lancashire landowner and politician,a member of six English parliaments for three different constituencies. Although a prominent member of the Essex faction in the reign of Elizabeth I,he avoided involvement in the Essex Rebellion and received greater honours,including a peerage,in the reign of James I.
Sir John Holcroft of Holcroft Hall,Culcheth,was a soldier,politician,and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned twice as a member of the English parliament for Lancashire.
Winmarleigh Hall is a former country house located to the south of the village of Winmarleigh,Lancashire,England,now operated by PGL as an adventure centre.
The 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England during the French Revolutionary War. It later became part of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Although primarily intended for home defence,its battalions served in Ireland,Gibraltar and Malta and saw active service during the Second Boer War. After conversion to the Special Reserve (SR) under the Haldane Reforms it supplied reinforcements to the fighting battalions during World War I. After a shadowy postwar existence the unit was finally disbanded in 1953.
The 1st Royal Lancashire Militia was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England during the 17th Century. Primarily intended for home defence,it saw active service in Ireland under King William III,as well as against the Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745. It spent long periods on defence duties during the wars of the 18th Century and early 19th Century,and was stationed on the Ionian Islands during the Crimean War. It later became part of the King's Own and saw active service in the Second Boer War. After its conversion to the Special Reserve under the Haldane Reforms,it supplied reinforcements to the fighting battalions during World War I. After a shadowy postwar existence the unit was finally disbanded in 1953.
