Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby

Edward, 11th Earl of Derby (Henry Pickering)
Decorative Arms of the Earl of Derby

Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (27 September 1689 – 22 February 1776), known as Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Baronet, from 1714 to 1736, was a British peer and politician.

Derby was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet, and Elizabeth Patten, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1714. This branch of the Stanley family, known as the "Stanleys of Bickerstaffe", were descended from Sir James Stanley, younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1723. He was elected to the House of Commons for Lancashire in 1727, a seat he held until 1736, when he succeeded his distant relative James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, as eleventh Earl of Derby, and took his seat in the House of Lords. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1741 to 1757 and again from 1771 to 1776.

Lord Derby married Elizabeth Hesketh, daughter of Robert Hesketh, in 1714. He died in February 1776, aged 86, and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson Edward, his son James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange, having predeceased him. His daughter, Lady Charlotte Stanley, married General John Burgoyne. His great-great-grandson Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, was three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Richard Shuttleworth
Sir John Bland
Member of Parliament for Lancashire
with Richard Shuttleworth

17271736
Succeeded by
Richard Shuttleworth
Peter Bold
Honorary titles
Vacant
Title last held by
The 10th Earl of Derby
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
17421757
Succeeded by
Lord Strange
Preceded by
Lord Strange
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
17711776
Succeeded by
The 12th Earl of Derby
Peerage of England
Preceded by
James Stanley
Earl of Derby
17361776
Succeeded by
Edward Smith-Stanley
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Stanley
Baronet
(of Bickerstaffe)
17141776
Succeeded by
Edward Smith-Stanley
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