British peer and landowner
The Earl of Derby
Born Edward Richard William Stanley (1962-10-10 ) 10 October 1962 (age 63) Spouse Issue 3 Parents Occupation Peer, landowner
Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby ,DL hereditary peer and landowner.
He was a member of theHouse of Lords from 1994 to 1999.[ 1]
Edward Stanley (known to friends as "Teddy")[ 2] Hugh Stanley (1926–1971) and his wife Rose Birch.[ 3] Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby , who served asGovernor General of Canada and gave the country theStanley Cup .[ 3]
He was educated atEton College andSandhurst , then in 1982 was commissioned as a junior officer into theGrenadier Guards . After leaving the army, he attended theRoyal Agricultural College, Cirencester , to study farming and estate management.[ 3]
Stanley was a merchant banker withRobert Fleming & Company between 1987 and 2001.[ 3]
In 1994, he inherited theearldom of Derby and other peerages on the death of his uncleEdward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby .[ 3] [ 4] Knowsley Hall estate , with itsKnowsley Safari Park and the Stanley House Stud at Hatchfield Farm.[ 5] Westminster .[ 2]
Derby is president of theLiverpool Chamber of Commerce ,[ 6] [ 7] honorary doctorate (Hon. LLD) from theLiverpool University in 2008)[ 8] Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ,London .[ 9] [ 10] deputy lieutenant ofMerseyside in 1999, serving alongsideFrank Field andMark Blundell among others.[ 11] Liverpool College Foundation,[ 12]
For the coronation ofCharles III , Derby was made theVice Admiral of Lancashire . The position had been held by previous Earls of Derby going back to 1569. Prior to this appointment, Derby was an honoraryCaptain in theRoyal Naval Reserve .[ 13]
Derby's Knowsley estate has residential properties in therural parishes ofKnowsley ,Eccleston ,Rainford ,Bickerstaffe , andOrmskirk . It also rents out commercial properties at the Stanley Grange Business Village, converted from a range of Victorian farm buildings on the estate and opened in June 2013.[ 14]
TheGrade II* listed Knowsley Hall , with its 2,500 acres of parkland,[ 15] Boys from the Blackstuff Apparitions The Liver Birds Hollyoaks Coronation Street VisitEngland , the onlystately home to be so rated.[ 16] [ 17]
In 2024, Derby argued against the imposition of inheritance tax on farmland, as proposed in the 2024 budget of a new Labour government. Having received such land free of inheritance tax, he would in future be subject to the taxation. He felt this was unjust and put the survival of regular family farms at risk.[ 18]
Thoroughbred horse racing [ edit ] TheEpsom Derby was named after the12th Earl of Derby , whileThe Oaks was named after the 12th Earl's house nearEpsom . The Derby family can trace its horse-racing heritage back to the 5th Earl of Derby in the sixteenth century.[ 19]
Derby's maternal grandmother, Catherine, was a well-known racehorse trainer inWiltshire notably College House, Lambourn, from where she sent outThe Schweppes Gold Trophy winner Ra Nova, among others.
Derby usually has one or two horses in training each year from Hatchfield stud farm, which is managed by his younger brother, Peter Stanley, and houses a small number of brood mares. Derby's policy is to sell hiscolts and race thefillies . He currently ownsOuija Board , winner of sevenGrade 1 races , including The Oaks, theIrish Oaks and theBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2004, and the last-named race again in 2006. Ouija Board also won thePrince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot in June 2006. She was third in theJapan Cup following that last win, and was retired after going lame before her intended final start in theHong Kong Vase atSha Tin in December 2006. Ouija Board won over three million pounds in prize money, and Derby has published a book about her,Ouija Board: A Mare in a Million .[ 20]
Derby's proposal to build 1,200 houses and a large industrial estate on historic stud land atHatchfield inNewmarket, Suffolk , was met with opposition from local residents,[ 21] Tattersalls , theJockey Club ,Newmarket Racecourse , some of Newmarket's elected councillors, leading trainers, and the local residents' groupSave Historic Newmarket .[ 22]
Lord Derby marriedThe Honourable Caroline Neville , a daughter ofRobin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke , on 21 October 1995 at theChurch of St. Mary the Virgin inSaffron Walden . The couple have three children:[ 3]
First child: Lady Henrietta Mary Rose Stanley (b. 1997) Second child: Edward John Robin Stanley, Lord Stanley,heir apparent to the earldom (b. 1998) Third child: Oliver Henry Hugh Stanley (b. 2002) The elder son, Lord Stanley, is agodson ofAndrew Mountbatten Windsor ,[citation needed , the former prince andDuke of York , and wasPage of Honour to QueenElizabeth II between 2008 and 2012,[ 23] Garter services and fourState Openings of Parliament . He held the Garter around the leg ofPrince William during his installation as 1000th Knight of the Garter.[ 24]
Coat of arms of Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby Crest On a chapeau gules turned up ermine an eagle, wings extended, or, preying on an infant in its cradle proper, swaddled gules, the cradle laced or. Escutcheon Argent, on a bend azure three stags' heads caboshed or. Supporters Dexter, a griffin, wings elevated; sinister, a stag, each or, and ducally collared with line reflexed over the back azure. Motto Sans changer (Without changing).[ 25]
^ Hansard contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Derby , accessed 23 November 2022^a b National Thoroughbred Racing Association, 3 December 2007 Archived 19 April 2007 at theWayback Machine ^a b c d e f Burke's Peerage ^ "The Earl of Derby DL" . Merseyside Lieutenancy. Retrieved29 May 2013 .^ "Life of a thoroughly modern earl" .Liverpool Daily Post . Retrieved29 May 2013 .^ "The Rt Hon the Earl of Derby DL" . Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved7 May 2013 .^ "The University Council" . University of Liverpool. Archived fromthe original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved9 May 2013 .^ "Honorary degrees for Earl of Derby and Sir Drummond Bone" .Liverpool Daily Post . Retrieved9 May 2013 .^ "CAMERON HOUSE FOUNDATION" . Open Charities. Retrieved7 May 2013 .^ "Cameron House Foundation – Key Employees" . Charity Insight. Archived fromthe original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved7 May 2013 .^ Merseyside Lieutenancy ^ "THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGE FOUNDATION filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" .^ Hardman, Robert (20 June 2024).Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story . Pan Macmillan UK.ISBN 9781035027484 ^ "Lord's Derby's business park dream is a reality after a 12-year wait" .Liverpool Daily Post . Retrieved20 June 2013 .^ "Knowsley Estate" . Rural Estates. Archived fromthe original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved5 April 2013 .^ "Knowsley estate wins two national awards" .Liverpool Daily Post . Retrieved5 April 2013 .^ "Lord Derby tells how Knowsley Hall and its estate is going green" . Liverpool Echo. Retrieved8 May 2013 .^ Josh Spero,UK landed estates warn Budget tax changes will ‘kill off’ business ,Financial Times (subscription required) ,archived at archive.ph ^ Eric Pickles rejects plans for 1,200 Newmarket homes , retrieved11 March 2014 ^ Ouija Board: A Mare in a Million: Amazon.co.uk: Lord Derby: 9781905156405: Books .ASIN 1905156405 .^ "Hatchfield Farm plans 'called in' by secretary of state | Horse Racing News | Racing Post" .Racing Post the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved10 October 2015 .^ Racing Post: Save Historic Newmarket staging Tattersalls rally ^ "Court Circular" .The Times . London. 15 May 2008.[dead link ^ Feschuk, Dave (3 March 2011)."Feschuk: Lord Stanley has never seen a hockey game" .The Star . Toronto. Retrieved4 July 2024 . ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 428– 431.
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England Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon Robert Fiennes-Clinton, 19th Earl of Lincoln Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk William Herbert, 15th Earl of Montgomery Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh Anthony Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland Alexander Howard, 15th Earl of Berkshire Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea Luke Montagu, 12th Earl of Sandwich Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury Daniel Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Nottingham Richard Bertie, 9th Earl of Abingdon Timothy Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle George Coventry, 13th Earl of Coventry William Child Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey Scotland Alistair Sutherland, 25th Earl of Sutherland Anthony Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness Stewart Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton James Leslie, 22nd Earl of Rothes Henry Erskine, 18th Earl of Buchan Hugh Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton John Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar Michael Douglas-Home, 16th Earl of Home James David Drummond, 10th Earl of Perth Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne James Erskine, 16th Earl of Kellie George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington Andrew Stewart, 14th Earl of Galloway Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie David Ogilvy, 14th Earl of Airlie Alexander Leslie-Melville, 15th Earl of Leven John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart John Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Selkirk Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk Andrew Bruce, 15th Earl of Kincardine Anthony Lindsay, 13th Earl of Balcarres Filippo Rospigliosi, 12th Earl of Newburgh Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee Patrick Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell Iain Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald James Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore Malcolm Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Melville Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney James Charteris, 9th Earl of March Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair Harry Primrose, 8th Earl of Rosebery Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow Great Robert Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth Peter Bennett, 10th Earl of Tankerville Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford Richard Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield James Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington Quentin Wallop, 10th Earl of Portsmouth Guy Greville, 9th Earl Brooke George Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire Piers North, 10th Earl of Guilford Joseph Yorke, 10th Earl of Hardwicke Robin Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst George Villiers, 8th Earl of Clarendon Alexander Murray, 8th and 9th Earl of Mansfield Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 7th Earl Talbot Christopher Edgcumbe, 9th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Charles Fortescue, 8th Earl Fortescue Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon Edward Cadogan, 9th Earl Cadogan James Harris, 7th Earl of Malmesbury Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Waterford John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork William Anthony Nugent, 13th Earl of Westmeath John Brabazon, 15th Earl of Meath Alexander Feilding, 11th Earl of Desmond Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan John Boyle, 15th Earl of Orrery Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda Peter Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard Ivo Bligh, 12th Earl of Darnley Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough Thomas Butler, 11th Earl of Carrick Henry Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough David Turnour, 8th Earl Winterton Robert King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston Robert Jocelyn, 10th Earl of Roden David Vaughan, 9th Earl of Lisburne Patrick Meade, 8th Earl of Clanwilliam Randal McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim Thomas Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford George Dawson-Damer, 7th Earl of Portarlington Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo Michael Annesley, 12th Earl Annesley Andrew Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen John Crichton, 7th Earl Erne George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore Andrew Stuart, 9th Earl Castle Stewart Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon John Hely-Hutchinson, 9th Earl of Donoughmore After 1801
United
King George III Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn Benjamin Craven, 9th Earl of Craven Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney John Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton John Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson Alexander Grey, 8th Earl Grey William Lowther, 9th Earl of Lonsdale Conroy Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby Prince Regent King George IV King William IV Queen Victoria Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough William Byng, 9th Earl of Strafford Mark Pepys, 9th Earl of Cottenham Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Winton John Russell, 7th Earl Russell John Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley Richard Wortley, 5th Earl of Wharncliffe Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton William Palmer, 5th Earl of Selborne John Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook King Edward VII King George V Harry Primrose, 4th Earl of Midlothian Michael Hicks Beach, 3rd Earl St Aldwyn David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty Alexander Haig, 3rd Earl Haig Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith Patrick Jellicoe, 3rd Earl Jellicoe Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel King George VI Queen Elizabeth II
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