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	DERBY - LoveToKnow Article on DERBY
		Lord Derby was a man of deep religious feeling and of great nobility of character, who though unsuccessful in the field served the kings cause with single-minded purpose and without expectation of reward.
		Lord Stanley at once asserted himself as the uncompromising opponent of that policy, and he became the recognized leader of the Protectionist party, having Lotd George Bentinck and Disraeli for his lieutenants in the Commons.
		During a great part of Lord Derbys life he was deflected from his natural course by the accident of his position as the son of the leading Conservative statesman of the day.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DERBY.htm (6225 words)

	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stanley, a descendant of the Earls of Derby, was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
		Traditionally Derby is regarded as a weak Prime Minister whose ministries were dominated by Disraeli, however recent research suggests that this was not always the case.
		Derby and Disraeli were unable to achieve a parliamentary majority, however, and the government collapsed in December of the same year, making way for a Peelite-Whig coalition under Lord Aberdeen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Geoffrey_Smith_Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby (649 words)

	Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lord Stanley, as he was styled before acceding to the earldom, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a high degree and became a member of the society known as the Apostles.
		Lord Stanley was the prime favourite as an occupant of this bed of thorns, and it has been said that he was actually offered the crown.
		Lord Derby became a Liberal Unionist, and took an active part in the general management of that party, leading it in the House of Lords till 1891, when Lord Hartington became Duke of Devonshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Henry_Stanley,_15th_Earl_of_Derby (1056 words)

	Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (London 15 January 1841–14 June 1908 Holwood House, Keston) was Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893.
		The son of the 14th Earl of Derby, a politician and British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley of Preston entered politics after having studied at Eton College and Sandhurst.
		Lord Stanley declined to interfere, citing the proposed disallowal as unconstitutional.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby (736 words)

	pp268-275 Draper 'House of Stanley', 1864
		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.
		Lord Derby, true to the example of his ancestors, took a lively interest in the welfare of his native county, and the several local celebrations almost invariably enjoyed his patronage and support.
		Lord Derby was a kind and liberal landlord, and all who might be drawn within the precincts of his lordship’s domain met with the most hospitable reception.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/hs1864/p268.htm (1018 words)

	Chapter 8 - The Land of Home Rule, 1893
		Lord Derby was among the most strenuous supporters of Charles I. He joined the King at York in 1642 ; he raised, at his own charge, a considerable force in support of the royal cause.
		Lord Derby's orders undoubtedly remedied some of the worst grievances of which the people complained; and his power was so absolute or his influence so great, that he pro-cured their acceptance both by the laity and the Church.
		Lord Derby from the first laboured strenuously to terminate a practice which he thought injuriously affected his own interests he referred in 1643 the matter to a commission composed of 'members of his Council, and he succeeded in 1645 in inducing the Tynwald Court to accept the conclusions of the commission.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/sw1893/ch08.htm (2875 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Lord Derby
		Derby used his newly gained seat in Parliament to air his distinctly right-wring views in the House of Lords, notably as an opponent of the Liberal administration's pre-war reforms.
		It was Derby who unveiled what came to be known as the Derby Scheme, a recruitment policy under which men could give their voluntary 'assent' to being called up if necessary; the government in turn promised to call up married men last.
		Derby's close relations with the army high command, including Sir Douglas Haig and Sir William Robertson, engendered deep suspicion within Lloyd George, with the consequence that Derby was excluded from most inner council meetings (and was only restrained from resigning by counsel from the military high command).
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/derby.htm (391 words)

	Stanley House Stud
		Lord Derby never entered a horse in the first Derby (won, incidentally, by Bunbury's colt Diomed), but later in the decade he was to race the legendary Sir Peter Teazle, who won The Derby in 1787.
		Lord Derby also had the good fortune to possess, in Sir Peter Teazle, one of the outstanding sires of thoroughbred history.
		He began at a stud fee of 10 guineas, but his reputation rose to such heights as his progeny went from one triumph to another on the racecourse that the fee was increased progressively until it reached the figure, exceptional for that era, of 30 guineas.
	www.knowsley.com /stanley_house/history/oaks_derby.htm (534 words)

	Swynford
		Swynford was bred by the sixteenth Earl of Derby and was foaled in January of 1907.
		Lord Derby died in June of 1908 and his son, the former Lord Stanley, became the seventeenth Earl of Derby.
		Bred by Lord Derby, she was a half-sister to Selene (by Swynford's half-brother Chaucer), Bosworth, and a full sister to the plater Schiavoni.
	www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/Swynford.html (4273 words)

	Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (September 1531–25 September 1593/1594) was a prominent English nobleman who served as Lord High Steward during the trial of Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel.
		Born in, Henry was the eldest son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby and his second wife Dorothy Howard.
		Lord Derby inherited his peerages, the title Lord of the Isle of Man and the title Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire;
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Henry_Stanley,_4th_Earl_of_Derby (407 words)

	Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)
		Lord Stanley married, firstly, Eleanor, fourth daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and sister to the Earl of Warwick.
		Lord Stanley himself seems to have belonged to a second party, one loyal to the young King and distrustful of his uncle, Richard of Gloucester, but hostile to the pretensions of the Queen Mother and her kindred.
		If Lord Strange was placed as a hostage by his father in the bands of Richard, it must have been in the brief interval between the date when he witnessed at Latham the signature of the later of the documents referred to and that of the battle of Bosworth.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/ThomasStanley(1EDerby).htm (4647 words)

	Historical Figures - Queen Victoria
		Lord John Russell's ministry collapsed in 1852, when the Whig Prime Minister was replaced by a Conservative, Lord Derby.
		Lord Derby did not stay in power for long, for he failed to maintain a majority in Parliament; he resigned less then a year after entering office.
		Lord Palmerston was vigorously opposed to electoral reform, but his ministry ended upon his death in 1865.
	www.dailypast.com /historical-figures/queen-victoria3.shtml (1295 words)

	John Burgoyne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By Lord Derby's intervention Burgoyne was then reinstated at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, also called The French and Indian War, and in 1758 he became captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Foot Guards.
		In 1758-1759 he participated in expeditions made against the French coast, and in the latter year he was instrumental in introducing light cavalry into the British Army.
		In 1768 he became M.P. for Preston, and for the next few years he occupied himself chiefly with his parliamentary duties, in which he was remarkable for his general outspokenness and, in particular, for his attacks on Lord Clive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Burgoyne (595 words)

	15th Earl of Derby
		In 1868 Earl of Derby resigned and Benjamin Disraeli became the new Prime Minister.
		Derby main objective during this period was to prevent war in the Balkans.
		William Gladstone was glad to have Derby in his party and asked him to be leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRderby.htm (787 words)

	BOLTON - LoveToKnow Article on BOLTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was lord-lieutenant of Hampshire and of Dorset, a commissioner to arrange the union of England and Scotland; and was twice a lord justice of the kingdom.
		He was also lord chamberlain of the royal household; governor of the Isle of Wight; and for two short periods was lord-lieutenant of Ireland.
		On the 28th of May 1644, however, it was attacked by Prince Rupert and Lord Derby, and stormed with great slaughter.
	84.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BO/BOLTON.htm (1620 words)

	Selene
		As a stallion for Lord Derby at Woodland Stud in Newmarket, he was a good sire, but his fillies were better than his colts, just as he proved a better broodmare sire than a sire.
		Purchased for 1,550 guineas, Gondolette's value to Lord Derby was her unusual pedigree, by Loved One out of Dongola by Doncaster.
		He was not a particularly effective sire of runners in Ireland, but his value to Lord Derby was that he was by See Saw out of the mare Pilgrimage, thus a half-brother to Lord Derby's foundation mare Canterbury Pilgrim.
	www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/Selene.html (3937 words)

	The 1811 Impropriate Fund Act
		Under a settlement reached in 1811, the 12th Earl of Derby paid £16,000 (less than 25 years' purchase) in settlement of the clergy's claims at the new valuation, and the Lancashire properties were to be released from the charge imposed in 1666.
		Agreement between the Earl of Derby and Lord Stanley, and the Bishop and Clergy of the Isle of Man.
		And whereas the said James, Lord Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby, after the death of the said William, Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth his wife, entered and enjoyed the said island and premises, during his life; and the said James, Earl of Derby.
	www.gumbley.net /1811.htm (2400 words)

	Identifying an author (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are epitaphs in Shakespeare’s style on monuments erected in honor of a son and a cousin of this same Lord Derby.
		Derby was one of the richest men in England and he certainly knew other rich men.
		(Derby was probably somewhat dyslectic.) Theoretically, it is possible that one person composed the poem and that another made the now extant fair copy of it.
	home.swipnet.se /nordling/shakespeare/8.html (3098 words)

	screenonline: Topical Budget 217-2: Derby Boys (1915) Synopsis
		Derby (now wearing a cap) reaches down and helps two young men in civilian clothes on to the plinth.
		Lord Derby is driven away in an open-topped horse-drawn carriage with the two young men in the back.
		Lord Derby, the two recruits, and another officer on the plinth.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/731721/synopsis.html (213 words)

	Port Cities: - The Liverpool Pals
		Lord Derby had also written to the heads of the large companies and businesses in Liverpool, such as the shipping lines and insurance houses, outlining his plans for the Pals battalions and requesting that efforts should be made to send eligible employees to the recruitment offices.
		The response to the adverts was so great that on the first day of recruitment, Lord Derby was able to form two battalions, to whom he gave a rousing welcome speech.
		By 7 September 1914, Lord Derby had over 3,000 recruits, and by mid-October a second advertisement appealing for recruits meant that there were a total of four ‘Liverpool Pals’ battalions, and two reserve battalions.
	www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConNarrative.165 (255 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
		Anne Damer, the only female sculptor of her time; the Earl of Derby, inventor of the horse race that bears his name and the richest (though homeliest) man in the House of Lords; and Miss Eliza Farren, born without pedigree but now the reigning Queen of Comedy at London's famed Drury Lane Theatre.
		Each character faces an elusive challenge: Eliza struggles to be accepted by the elite, while her mother pressures her to become Lord Derby's mistress.
		Lord Derby endures mockery over his long, unconsummated, adulterous courtship of Eliza.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/life_mask1.asp (751 words)

	14th Earl of Derby
		In 1826 he moved from Stockbridge to Preston, a constituency where one of the candidates was selected by the Derby family and the other by the people of the town.
		Although some members of the Cabinet such as Lord Carnarvon and Lord Cranborne (later the Marquis of Salisbury) resigned in protest against this extension of democracy, the 1867 Reform Act was passed.
		By 1868 the Earl of Derby was in poor health and he was forced to retire from office and was replaced by Benjamin Disraeli.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRderby1.htm (664 words)

	Benjamin Disraeli
		Lord Derby, the new Prime Minister, appointed Disraeli as his Chancellor of the Exchequer.
		Lord Derby became Prime Minister again in 1858 and once again Disraeli was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
		Lord Cranborne (later the Marquis of Salisbury) resigned in protest against this extension of democracy.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Disraeli.html (1250 words)

	MS. Carte Calendar 52
		Lord Derby desires the writer to offer his humble acknowledgements to the Duke, for the expression towards himself of the Duke's kindness, contained in two letters, shewn to him by the present writer.
		Lord Derby purposes to remain for about a fortnight in Yorkshire and then "to present himself to London, as a very humble servant".
		Lord Strafford's letter of the 12th inst came with one of the same date from Lord Derby.
	www.bodley.ox.ac.uk /dept/scwmss/projects/carte/carte52.html (8773 words)

	The real Shakespeare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But soon there arose legal disputes between the Earl and Ferdinando’s three daughters over the possession of the Isle of Man. It was probably this legal case that caused the newly fledged Earl to register himself at Lincoln’s Inn, one of the four legal societies in London that trained their students to practice at bar.
		We may infer that Derby used one or more pen names in order to conceal his own name, a name that should not be sullied with something as unbecoming as plays for the populace.
		Lord Derby died in September 1642, at age 82, and in the same month the theaters in London were closed.
	home.swipnet.se /nordling/shakespeare/10.html (3843 words)

	Winston S. Churchill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		First editions, volume III and the duplicate volume IV are presentation copies from Churchill to Lord Derby with inscriptions on the front free endpapers "Derby from Winston S. Churchill October 1936" and "To Derby from Winston S C August 1938".
		With the 17th Earl of DerbyÕs bookplate with the words "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense", (order of the Garter) in all four volumes, and with his reversed "D" bookplate with an earl´s coronet and the Derby motto" Sans changer" in the duplicate volume IV.
		Lord Derby is mentioned in volumes III and IV.
	www.randallhouserarebooks.com /lists/churchill.html (399 words)

	Articles - Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Right Honourable Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (September 1531–25 September 1593/1594) was a prominent English nobleman who served as Lord High Steward during the trial of Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel.
		Born in Lathom, Henry was the eldest son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby and his second wife Dorothy Howard.
		Lord Derby inherited his peerages, the title Lord of the Isle of Man and the offices of Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Henry_Stanley,_4th_Earl_of_Derby (479 words)

	GN Online: Racing Diary: Derby represents the ultimate test
		There are now over 300 Derbies run worldwide but of course there is only one that really matters and that is the one that will be run at 3.50 (British time) today afternoon where this year's contenders will be chasing a record first prize worth just a few pence short of £750,000.
		But these are exactly the reasons why the Derby is the ultimate test and that is why it has stood the test of time.
		Hawk Wing shattered the 7 furlong track record last year at the Curragh which was an incredible performance by a 2 year old and although he was drawn on the slow side in the 2,000 guineas at Newmarket he still showed an electrifying burst of speed to finish second.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=53712 (473 words)

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