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 Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
His brother Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841-1908) was married to Lady Constance Villiers, daughter of George William Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon.
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 Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799 -- 1869)
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.
Derby was obliged to resign and the Earl of Aberdeen formed a ministry that fell over the mis-handling of the Crimean War.
Stanley opposed the alienation of Church property but Lord John Russell was determined to reduce the amount of land owned by the Anglican Church in Ireland.
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 Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley was also the patron of the writer Edward Lear.
In 1836 he succeeded his father as Earl of Derby and withdrew from politics, instead concentrating on his natural history collection at Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool.
Stanley was MP for Preston and Lancaster from 1796 to 1832, when he moved to the House of Lords.
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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.
The Countess of Derby died on the 23rd April, 1829, and was interred at Ormskirk.
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.
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 13th Earl of Derby Papers, American Philosophical Society
The eldest son of the 12th Earl of Derby, Edward Smith Stanley (1775-1851) was born in 1775 at the family seat at Knowsley, eight miles east of Liverpool.
Edward Smith Stanley, the 13th Earl of Derby, was an avid naturalist and keeper of one of the great menageries in early Victorian England.
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, 13th earl of, 1775-1851 ALS to Fraser, Louis 4 pp.
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 Derby (horse race) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Traditionally, the term "derby" is used strictly to refer to races restricted to three-year-olds, as the English and U.S. Triple Crown races all are.
The one notable exception to this rule is the Canadian Pacing Derby, an annual harness race for "aged pacers" four years old and up.
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 Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834) was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
This biography of a British peer or noble is a stub.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1383
Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby was the son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton.
She married Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, on 30 June 1798.
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby was the son of Edward Geoffrey Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham.
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 Edward Smith - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Edward Smith
Captain Edward John Smith, Royal Naval Reserve (27 January 1850 - 15 April 1912) was the captain of the RMS Titanic.
He was born in Well Street, Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of Edward and Catherine Smith, and attended Etruria British School.
In 1912, Smith took command of the ‘'Titanic'’ for her maiden voyage, and what should have been his last in charge of a White Star vessel.
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 Epsom Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (whose horse Bridget had been victorious in the race) and Sir flipped a coin and whoever won the toss was to have the race named after him.
In 1894 the winning owner was the 5th Earl of Rosebery, who was also Prime Minister at the time.
The Derby Stakes, known colloquially as The Derby and internationally as the Epsom Derby, is considered one the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races in the world.
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 Edward Smith STANLEY 12th Earl Of Derby & Lady Elizabeth HAMILTON
Edward Smith STANLEY 12th Earl Of Derby and Lady Elizabeth HAMILTON
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 Horses of the world
Edward Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby, organised a race for himself and his friends to race their three-year-old fillies over one and a half miles.
The Epsom Derby was created as an equivalent to the Oaks, whose field is made up only of fillies, and while the Derby is almost exclusively contested by colts, fillies are not excluded.
The better of the pair over the Derby distance of a mile-and-a-half, Mill Reef later added the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris to his impressive portfolio.
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 EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY - Online Information article about EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY
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.
Stanley was one of the most ardent supporters of Lord Grey's Reform Bill.
A vote of no confidence having been passed in the new parliament on the loth of June, Lord Derby at once resigned.
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (August 29, 1783 - December 31, 1783)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (February 12, 1806 - March 30, 1807)
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (April 7, 1864 - November 3, 1865)
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1391
Charlotte Stanley was the daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton.
Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley was the daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton.
Stephen Thomas Cole married Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley, daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, on 15 January 1795.
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 Derby: The life and times of the 12th Earl of Derby, Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834) founder of the two world famous horse races, the Derby and the Oaks (Millard Cox)
Derby: The life and times of the 12th Earl of Derby, Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834) founder of the two world famous horse races, the Derby and the Oaks (Millard Cox)
Derby: The life and times of the 12th Earl of Derby, Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834) founder of the two world famous horse races, the Derby and the Oaks
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 earring.ca - Edward Stanley
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 Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752 - 1834).
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 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Oaks (The).
It was Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who originated the Oak Stakes, May 14, 1779.
It afterwards became the residence of General Burgoyne, from whom it passed to the 11th Earl of Derby.
The Derby and Oaks are run at Epsom, and the St. Leger at Doncaster.
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 Encyclopedia: Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834) was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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 Epsom Derby Winners
The Derby was the brainchild of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated it for the entertainment of his friends.
The Epsom Derby is one of the oldest races run anywhere in the world with the first race having been run in 1780.
When you mention the Epsom Derby one jockey who has become associated with this great race was Lester Pigott who managed to win it an amazing nine times, no other jockey has come close to emulating this magnificent achievement.
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Smith, Carl S., Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief, University Of Chicago Press, 1995, 1st Edition, Hardcover, 8vo - 8" to 9" tall, 395 pp., F/ F, Analyses the public's response to disasters and events such as the great Chicago fire, the Haymarket bomb, and the Pullman strikes.
Written in the year of his death and dedicated to the composer and pianist Edward MacDowell, whose portrait is the frontispiece: this book is a literary excursion for the prominent music publisher Carl Fischer who published MacDowell's classical piano works.
Auction catalog of the manorial, baronial, estate, and personal papers of numerous members of the Lyttelton family of England: includes papers from the 12th through 19th century.
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 Sir Peter Teazle
Both the Derby Stakes and the Oaks Stakes were an outcome of these festivities, the first named after the host and the second after his house.
Lord Derby is also remembered as the host of many parties held at his country house, The Oaks, which was near Epsom.
Virgin was also the 5th dam of the Derby winner and Champion Sire Galopin (b.c.
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 Edward Singleton Holden - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Edward Singleton Holden
Edward Singleton Holden (November 5,1846 – March 16,1914) was an American astronomer.
Edward Singleton Holden - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Edward Singleton Holden.
He was trained in West Point in the class of 1870.
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 Edward Smith-Stanley, 12mo earl de Derby
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 12mo earl de Derby (1752-1834) era un par y político británico del último décimo octavo y temprano diecinueveavo siglos.
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 Edward Stanley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
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 Epsom Oaks
The race is named after a house called The Oaks, near Epsom, Surrey, England that Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby leased from his uncle General Burgoyne in 1778.
At a dinner party held there the Earl and his friends planned a sweepstake for three year old fillies over a distance of one and a half miles (2414 m) and this was first run the following year 1779 won by the Earl's own horse Bridget.
The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 10 yards (2423 m) at Epsom Downs during June.
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 Edward Smith STANLEY 13th Earl Of Derby & Charlotte Margaret HORNBY
Edward Smith STANLEY 13th Earl Of Derby and Charlotte Margaret HORNBY
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