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  Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (29 March 1799–23 October 1869) was a British statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party.
Stanley was born to Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Margaret Hornby, daughter of Reverend Geoffrey Hornby, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Stanley, a conservative Whig, broke with the ministry over the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1834, and resigned from the government.
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Stanley Lord (September 13, 1877 - January 24, 1962) was the captain of the Californian at the Titanic disaster.
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 Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl of Derby was conferred on him in 1485 by Henry VII after the Battle of Bosworth Field where Thomas decided not to support King Richard III.
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (1689-1776) was descended from the brother of the 2nd Earl, and he succeeded to the earldom in 1736.
He was succeeded by Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby (born October 10, 1962) the son of Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley (1926-1971), the younger brother of the 18th Earl.
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EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, 14th earl of Derby (1799- 1869), the " Rupert of Debate," born at Knowsley in Lancashire on the 29th of March 1799, grandson of the 12th earl and eldest son of Lord Stanley, subsequently (1834) 13th ear] of Derby (1775-1851).
At the general election of 1826 Stanley renounced his connection with Stockbridge, and became the representative of the borough of Preston, where the Derby influence was paramount.
Lord Stanley at once asserted himself as the uncompromising opponent of that policy, and he became the recognized leader of the Protectionist party,having Lord George Bentinck and Disraeli for his lieutenants in the Commons.
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...Earls of Derby Earls of Derby The Earls of Derby are an aristocratic family in England....Ferrers Earls of Derby Ferrer is Norman French and means to bind with iron or to shoe a horse....
Derby, England (population in 2000 234,905) is a city in the East Midlands of England.
A derby is a type of horse race, named after the Epsom Derby, still run at Epsom racecourse, England, which was in turn named for Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl Of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780.
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Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1484-1521) was the grandson of the 1st Earl.
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (September 11, 1689 - February 22, 1776 was a member of the "Stanleys of Bickerstaffe[?]", descended from the brother of the 2nd Earl, and he succeeded to the Earldom in 1736.
Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby (October 10, 1962 -) was the son of Hugh Stanley, the younger brother of the 18th Earl.
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 Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799 -- 1869)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
In July 1822, Stanley, who saw himself as a 'constitutional Whig' at that point in his political career, took his seat in parliament as the MP for Stockbridge, a seat bought for him by his grandfather, the 12th Earl of Derby.
Stanley's father died on 30 June 1851 and Stanley inherited the title of 14th Earl of Derby.
Derby was obliged to resign and the Earl of Aberdeen formed a ministry that fell over the mis-handling of the Crimean War.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
DERBY, EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, 14TH EARL OF [Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of], 1799-1869, British statesman.
Derby formed another government in 1866 with Disraeli as chancellor of the exchequer and leader in the House of Commons.
Derby never quite fulfilled the promise of his early brilliance; it was his lieutenant, Disraeli, who modernized the Conservative party in this era.
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Although Derby managed to lead several minority governments in the 1850s and 60s, the party was never able to achieve a majority until after the passage of the Reform Act of 1867, which broadened the franchise.
Iain Duncan Smith (often known as IDS) was a strong eurosceptic but this did not define his leadership - indeed it was during his tenure that Europe ceased to be an issue of division in the party as it united behind calls for a referendum on the proposed European Union Constitution.
Duncan Smith remained as caretaker leader until Michael Howard, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, was elected to the post of leader (as the only candidate) on 6 November 2003.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby.
He was known before 1844 as Edward Smith-Stanley, and from 1844 to 1851 as Lord Stanley.
Stanley, a descendant of the Earls of Derby, was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
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 Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Stanley, a scion of the Earls of Derby, was elected to parliament as a Whig in 1820.
In 1851 he moved to the Lords[?] after succeeding his father as Earl of Derby.
In February, 1852, following the collapse of the Whig government of Lord John Russell, Derby formed a minority government, whose most prominent member was Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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 pp268-275 Draper 'House of Stanley', 1864
Edward Smith Stanley, the son of Lord Stanley, M.P., was born at Patten House,* Preston, on the 1 2th of September, 1752, and was registered at Preston on the 3rd of October.
For many years Lord Derby attended personally the Preston and Liverpool races, and took great interest in the matches of his horses and cocks, and many were the well-earned guerdons in his lordship’s possession as proof of their superior pluck and bottom.
The Countess of Derby died on the 23rd April, 1829, and was interred at Ormskirk.
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 Biographies - Manuscripts & Special Collections - The University of Nottingham
Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869; prime minister)
Like many of his contemporaries, the 14th Earl was educated at Eton and then Oxford and was clearly destined for a political career.
After a period out of office, Lord Stanley (as he was styled until succeeding his father as 14th Earl of Derby in 1851) returned to government in 1841 as Peel’s Colonial Secretary.
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 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1852, Conservative)
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1858-1859, Conservative)
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1866-68, Conservative)
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 Stanley Edward George Geoffrey Smith 14th Earl of Derby - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Derby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of DERBY, EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, 14TH EARL OF [Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of], 1799-1869, British statesman.
Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of DERBY, THOMAS STANLEY, 1ST EARL OF [Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of] där´bÄ“, 1435?-1504, English nobleman.
Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of DERBY, EDWARD HENRY STANLEY, 15TH EARL OF [Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of] där´bÄ“, 1826-93, British politician, son of the 14th earl.
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 Science Fair Projects - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
He was known before 1834 as Edward Smith-Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley.
In 1832 he was created Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe and entered the House of Lords.
With many former Conservative ministers having followed Peel, Derby was forced to appoint many new men to office - of the Cabinet only three were pre-existing Privy Counsellors.
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 Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley 14th Earl Of: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
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 Archontology.org: History of DERBY, 14th Earl of: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
Stanley was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland at the age of 31.
On 22 Feb 1851 Lord Stanley was asked to form a government after the resignation of Lord John Russell, but the Peelites refused to support him and he abandoned the task.
Derby led the Conservative opposition first against the Earl of Aberdeen and then against Viscount Palmerston, and, when the latter fell in 1858, the Queen asked Derby to form his second administration (20 Feb 1858).
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 Treasury (British) - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby: February 23 - December 19, 1852
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby: February 20, 1858 - June 12, 1859
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby: June 28, 1866 - February 27, 1868
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 Earl of Derby : search word
The courtesy title of the eldest son of the Earl is Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe.
Several successive generations of the Stanley Earls, along with other members of the family, have been extremely prominent Conservative politicials and at least one historian has suggested that this family rivals the Cecils (Marquesses of Salisbury) as the single most important family in the party's history.
The heir to the earldom is Edward John Robin Stanley, Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe (born April 21, 1998).
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Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of[dAr´bE] Pronunciation Key, 1799–1869, British statesman.
Resigning because he opposed repeal of the corn laws, he became leader (with Lord George Bentinck and Benjamin Disraeli) of the Tory protectionists and headed two brief ministries (1852, 1858–59).
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 Stanley Edward George Geoffrey Smith 23rd (14th Stanley) Earl of Derby - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 23rd (14th Stanley) Earl of Derby
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Wellington (1828-183o), Stanley and those with whom he acted were in opposition.
West Indies, on the 14th of May 1833, was one of the finest specimens of his eloquence.
work of another; but Lord Derby fully concurred in, if he was not the first to suggest, the statesmanlike policy by which the question was disposed of in such a way as to take it once for all out of the region of controversy and agitation.
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 Earl of Derby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Ferrières (1062-1139) was created Earl of Derby by King Stephen in 1138 for his valiant conduct at the Battle of Northallerton.
His son, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley (1799-1869), succeeded him to become the 14th Earl.
Several Earls of Derby are buried in St.
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Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister.
Edmund Cromley, the Earl of Leardon was arrested for attempted Regicide.
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister again.
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