Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley

Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 5th Baron Eddisbury (9 October 1907 3 March 1971) was a British peer.

He was the son of the Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875 1931) and Margaret Evelyn Gordon (1875 1964).[1]

Lord Stanley oversaw the loss of the family's ancestral estate at Alderley Park. With a fondness for gambling, wine and marriage, he had to pay for four divorce settlements, and death duties, even at pre-war levels, for both the 4th and 5th Barons. When the mansion at Alderley Park was destroyed by fire in 1931 he moved into the former farmhouse. When he sold the estate in 1938 to the property developers Hambling Crundall and Co Ltd., many of his older tenants were forced to leave the village.[2]

He had four wives:[1]

He and Victoria had one daughter, The Hon. Edwina Maureen Stanley (born 19 January 1933). On his death in 1971, his brother Lyulph Stanley succeeded to his titles, albeit only briefly.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mosly, Charles, ed. (19 December 2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: in three volumes. 3 (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage. p. 3721. ISBN 9780971196629.
  2. "Alderley Park/The Stanley Family". Nether Alderley Parish Council. Nether Alderley Parish Council. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Arthur Lyulph Stanley
Baron Stanley of Alderley
1931 1971
Succeeded by
Lyulph Stanley
Baron Eddisbury
1931 1971
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Arthur Lyulph Stanley
Baron Sheffield
1931 1971
Succeeded by
Lyulph Stanley


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