Earls of
Lord Stanley of Alderley
and,
an Appendix for Holroyd, Earls of
Part 1
Sir Thomas Stanley, summoned to Parliament 1456 as Lord
Stanley (b.by 1405-d.11 Feb 1459); m.Joan, dau of Sir
Robert Goushill and of his wife, Lady Elizabeth
Fitzalan, Dowager Dss of
1a) Thomas, 2nd Lord Stanley, cr 1485 Earl of
Derby (ca 1435-Lathom 29 Jul 1504); m.1st Eleanor, dau of Richard
Neville, Earl of Salisbury; m.2nd 1482 Margaret (31 May 1443-29 Jun
1509), dau of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and widow of Edmund Tudor, Earl
of Richmond, and of Sir Henry Stafford, and mother of King Henry VII; all his
issue was by 1st m.
1b) George, summoned to
Parliament 1482 as Lord Strange, called after 1485 Lord Stanley (ca 1460-4/5
Dec 1503); m.Joan (d.20 Mar 1514), de jure 9th Baroness
Strange of Knokin and Baroness Mohun [according to
modern doctrine; at the time she does not seem to have been considered a
Peeress]
1c) Thomas, 2nd Earl
of
1d) Edward, 3rd Earl
of
1e) Henry, 4th Earl
of
1f) Ferdinando, 5th
Earl of
1g) Anne (May 1580- bur
2g)
3g)
2f) William Stanley, 6th
Earl of Derby, d.29 Sep 1642; m.26 Jun 1594 Lady Elizabeth de Vere (d.10 Mar
1727)
1g) James, 7th Earl
of
1h) Charles, 8th
Earl of
1i) William George Richard
Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, d.5 Nov 1702; m.10 Jul 1673 Lady
Elizabeth Butler (d.5 Jul 1717)
1j) James, Lord Strange (
2j) Henrietta, de jure 4th
Baroness Strange (ca 1688-26 Jun 1718); m.1st
3j)
2i) James, 10th Earl
of
1j) William (
3i) Charlotte Maria; m.before
17 Feb 1669 Thomas Savage, Viscount Colchester (d.ca 1680)
2h)
3h) Henrietta Maria (
4h) Catherine; m.Sep 1652 Henry
Pierrepoint, Marquess of
5h) Amelia Ann Sophia, d.22 Feb
1703; m.5 May 1659 John Murray, Marquess of Atholl (
2g) Sir Robert, of Brickills; m.Elizabeth Gorges
1h) Sir Charles Stanley; m.Hon.
Jane Widdrington à issue, extinct
2h) James; m.Brilliana
Harley à
2 sons, d.young
3h) Ferdinand, d.young
3g) Anne (ca 1600-bur
3f) Francis; m.NN
1g) Ferdinando; m.NN
1h) Joan; m.1690 Richard Ramsbotham
4f)
[illegitimate] Ursula; m.Sir John Salusbury
2e) Sir Thomas, d.1576;
m.Margaret
1f) Sir Edward, of
1g)
2g) Venetia; m.Sir Kenelm Digby
(11 Jun 1603-11 Jun 1665)
3e) Anne, d.22 Sep 1602; m.1st
ca 1549 Charles Stourton, 8th Lord Stourton (executed
4e)
5e) Mary, d.3 Sep 1609;
m.before 23 Nov 1566 Edward Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford (
6e) Jane, d.4 Sep 1569;
m.1566/7 Edward Sutton [or Dudley], 4th Lord Dudley (bur
2d) Margaret, d.before 1537;
m.1532 Robert Radcliffe, Earl of
2c) John, d.young
3c) Sir James, of Crosshall; m.Mrs Anne Talbot, née
Hart
1d) Sir George; m.NN à
2 sons who dsp
2d) Henry, of Aughton (1515-23 Jul 1598); m.26 Sep 1563 Mary, dau of and
heiress of Peter Stanley of Bickerstaff [Biggerstaffe, Biggarstaffe],
a scion of the most senior, though untitled, branch of the
1e) Edward, of Bickerstaffe [Biggarstaffe], cr Baronet 1627,
d.May 1640; m.1st Katherine Mainwaring (dspm); m.2nd by
1616 Isabel Warburton (ca 1592- ) à
issue, six sons, of whom:
1f) Sir Thomas, 2nd
Bt. (bap
1g) Sir Edward, 3rd
Bt. (1643-16 Oct 1671); m.25 Dec 1663 Elizabeth Bosvile
1h) Sir Thomas, 4th
Bt. (
1i) Sir Edward, 5th
Bt., 1736 11th Earl of
2i) Rev. John, d.1781; m.1st
Alice Warren; m.2nd May 1753 Sarah Earle (d.Feb 1807)
2h) Barbara; m.Rev. Lachary Taylor
2g) Peter, bur
1h) Thomas, of Cross Hall, bur
1i) Charles, dspm
2i) Rev. Thomas (bap
1j) Thomas, of Cross Hall (
2j) John (
3j) James (
1k) Edward, of Cross Hall
(1789-8 Mar 1870); m.3 Sep 1819 Lady Mary Maitland (d.8 Nov 1877)
1l) Eleanor Julian (
2l)
3l) Edward James, of Cross Hall
(
1m) Henry Thomas (
2m) Edward Arthur Vesey (
1n) Peter Vivian (
2n) Michael Edward (
3n) David Norman Sidney (
4n) John Alexander (
3m) Evelyn Mary (
2k)
3k) Catherine (1795- )
4k) Rev. Thomas (1799-28 Dec
1864)
5k) a dau
4j) Catherine; m.1803 John
Bacon Sawrey Morritt, of
3i) James, dspm
4i) Mary; m.Rev. John Lowe
5i) Rebecca
3g) Mary; m.John Bradshaw
2f) Henry (bap
4c) dau
5c) dau
2b) Edward, cr 1514 Lord
Monteagle, d.Hornby 6/7 Apr 1523; m.1st
Anne Harington (ca 1455-dsp
1c) Thomas, 2nd Lord
Monteagle (
1d) William, 3rd
Lord Monteagle, d.10 Nov 1581; m.1st Anne Leybourne,
dau of his stepmother; m.2nd shortly
before
1e) Elizabeth (ca
1558-Greenwich 12 Jun 1585); m.Edward Parker, 12th Lord Morley (ca
1550-1 Apr 1618); she was often regarded as having succeeded to the Monteagle
title, and her son was summoned to Parliament in that title, but it had been cr
by Patent and apparently expired in 1581
2d) Francis, d.young
3d) Charles, d.young
4d)
5d) Margaret; m.1st
William Sutton; m.2nd John Tallard
6d) Anne; m.Sir John Clifton, of
2c)
3b) James, Bp of Ely
4b) Sir Rowland
1c) Sir Piers
1d) Sir Foulk
1e) Sir Edward
1f) Thomas
1g)
5b) Margaret; m.Sir John
Osbaldeston
2a) Sir William, of Holt, executed 16 Feb 1495; m.before
7 Dec 1471 Elizabeth, Dowager Css of Worcester, née Hopton (d.22 Jun 1498)
3a) Sir John; m.Elizabeth Weever
[Wever]
1b) John
2b) Thomas; m. ___ Lyversage
1c) Thomas, of Weever and Alderley; m. ___
1d) Thomas, of Weever fl 1581
1e) Thomas; m.Ursula
Cholmondeley
1f) Thomas, d.young
2f) Ranulph; m.Margaret Maisterson
1g) Sir Thomas, of Alderley and
Weever; m.Elizabeth
Warburton (d.12 Mar 1628), later wife of Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bt.
1h) Sir Thomas, of Alderley, cr
Baronet 1660 (
2h) Rev. James; m.Elizabeth
Byron
3h) Mary; m.John Done
4h) Margaret; m.Thomas
5h)
2f) Ranulph
3f) Margaret; m.Edward Fitton
4f) Mary; m.Henry Legh
3f) Frances; m.Henry Delves;
their son was Sir Thomas Delves, Bt.
4f)
5f) Dorothy
2d) Ranulph; m. ___
3d) John; m. ___ Ward
4a) Rev. James
5a) Margaret; m.Sir William Troubeck
6a)
7a) Catherine; m.Sir John Savage (d.22 Nov 1495)
8a) Isabelle; m.Sir John Warren
Part 2
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of
1a) James, took surname Smith-
1b) Edward, 12th Earl
of
1c) Edward, cr 1832 Baron
Stanley of Bickerstaffe, 13th Earl of
1d) Edward Geoffrey, 14th
Earl of
1e) Edward Henry STANLEY, 15th
Earl of
2e) Ferdinand Charles (
3e) a dau (b.and d.3 May 1832)
4e) Emma Charlotte (
5e) Charles (b.and d.6 Aug
1838)
6e) Frederick Arthur STANLEY,
16th Earl of
1f) Edward George Villiers, 17th
Earl of
1g) Victoria Alice Louise (
2g) Edward Montagu Cavendish,
Lord Stanley (
1h) Edward John, 18th
Earl of
2h) Richard Oliver (
3h) Hugh Henry Montagu (
1i) Edward Richard William, 19th
Earl of Derby, b.10 Oct 1962; m.21 Oct 1995 Hon Caroline Emma Neville (b.28 Dec
1963)
1j) Henrietta Mary Rose
2j) Edward John Robin, Lord
Stanley, b.1998
3j) Oliver Hugh Henry
2i) Peter Hugh Charles, b.1964;
m.1990 Hon Frances Caroline Burke Roche (b.1965)
1j) Richard Hugh Edward
2j) Portia Ruth Isobel
3j) Algernon Edmund
3g) Oliver Frederick George (
1h) Michael Charles (
2h) Kathryn Edith Helen Dugdale
(
2f) Katharine Mary, d.21 Oct
1871
3f) Sir Victor Albert (
1g) Violet
Mar 1941)
2g) Godfrey Victor (
3g) Rosemary Constance (
4f) Sir Arthur (
5f) Geoffrey (
6f) Ferdinand Charles (
1g) Frederick Arthur (
2g) John (
3g) Henry Ferdinand (
7f) Sir George Frederick (
1g) Barbara Helen (
8f) Algernon Francis (
1g) Constance Mary (
2g) Anthony Hugh (
9f) Isobel Constance Mary (
10f) Frederick William (
1g) David William (
2g) Olivia Mary Beatrice (
3g) Diana Margaret (
2d) Charlotte Elizabeth (
3d) Henry Thomas (
1e) Edward Henry (
2e) Charles Geoffrey (
1f) Charles Henry (
[by 1st
m.]:
1g) Very Rev. Charles Geoffrey
Nason (
1h) Desmond Geoffrey (
2h) Rev. Eric William (
Mary Pollard à
issue
3h) Rev. Arthur Patrick (
4h) Sylvia Penelope (
5h) Hazel Claire (
2g) Frederick George
(1888-1979); m.8 Aug 1931 Grace Evelyn Thrower (d.1988)
1h) Helen Audrey; m.1st
3g) Edith Mary, d.Aug 1967;
m.1916 Kingsmill Barnes Williams (d.Dec 1966)
4g) Henry William Valentine
(1903-1977); m.16 Jun 1930 Kathleen May Hardwick (d.1981)
1h) Leslie Hugh (
2h) Norman Edward (
2f) Henry Edmund (
1g) Beatrice, d.ca 1950; m.1st
___ West; m.2nd F C Cashel
3f) Mary Kathleen Fanny; m.22
Oct 1894 Francis Horatio Lloyd (d.1920)
3e) Henry Edmund (
4e) Charlotte Margaret Sidney
Anne (
4d) Emily Lucy (2 May 1804-15
Nov 1804)
5d) Louisa Emily (
6d) Ellinor Mary (
7d) Charles James Fox (
1e) Evelyn Emma (
2e) Frances Augusta Charlotte (
3e) Charles Edward Henry (
1f) Charles Douglas (
1g) Charles John Geoffrey (
2f) Phipps Edward (
3f) Frances Ellinor (
4f) Alice Margaret (
5f) John William (
4e) Margaret Alice (
5e) Mary Louisa (
6e) Douglas James George (
7e) Albert Hamilton (
8e) Constance Emily (
9e) Rev. Edmund Phipps (
1f) Edmund Stewart (
2c)
[3c) Elizabeth Henrietta (
4c) Lucy Elizabeth (
5c) James (
6c) Mary Margaret (
2b)
3b) Lucy, d.10 Feb 1833; m.25
Apr 1772 Rev. Geoffrey Hornby, of Scale Hall (1750-31 Jul 1812)
4b) Henrietta (1756-Bath 1830);
m.3 Jun 1778 Sir
2a) Elizabeth, d.25 Aug 1780; m.1 Mar 1746 Sir Peter Warburton,
4th Bt. (ca 1708-18 Nov 1774)
Part 3
Sir Thomas Stanley, of Alderley, Bt. (see Part 1, above),
had issue:
1a) son, dvpsp
2a) Sir Peter, 2nd Bt. (
1b) Sir
Thomas, 3rd Bt. (
1c) Sir James, 4th
Bt., bur
2c) Sir Edward, 5th
Bt., d.28 Aug 1755; m.by 1726 Mary Ward (d.1771)
1d) James 1734- dvpsp )
2d) Sir John Thomas, 6th
Bt. (
1e) Sir John Thomas, 7th
Bt., cr 1839 Baron Stanley of Alderley (26 Nov 1766-23 Oct 1850); m.11 Oct 1796
Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd (3 Jan 1771-1 Nov 1863), dau of 1st Earl
of Sheffield, who had in addition been cr 1783 Baron Sheffield, of Roscommon
[I], with remainder including Maria Josepha and her full sister, and their
issue male (see Appendix)
1f) Edward John, cr 1848 Baron Eddisbury of Winnington, suc 1850 as 2nd Lord
Stanley of Alderley (
1g) Henry Edward John, 3rd
Lord Stanley of Alderley and 2nd Lord Eddisbury
(11 Jul 1827-10 Dec 1903); he went through forms of marriage with one Fabia
Roman, aka Serafina Fernandez y Funez,
who died as Lady Stanley of Alderley 15 May 1905; it was later discovered that
she was married to another
2g) John Constantine (
1h) Madeline Cecilia Carlyle (
2h) Osma
Mary Dorothy (1878-1965); m.21 Jul 1896 Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen (
3g) Edward Lyulph, 4th
Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Lord Eddisbury,
suc 1904 as 4th Lord Sheffield (
1h) Arthur Lyulph, 5th
Lord Sheffield & Stanley of Alderley, etc. (
1i) Edward John, 6th
Lord Sheffield & Stanley of Alderley, etc. (
1j) Edwina Maureen (
2i) Lyulph Henry Victor Owen, 7th
Lord Sheffield & Stanley of Alderley,etc.
(
3i) Mary Katherine Adelaide (30
May 1906-1981); m.9 Jan 1926 Hon.Maurice Fox Pitt
Lubbock (1900-1957)
4i) Pamela Margaret (
5i) Victoria Venetia (
2h) Edward John (
3h) Oliver Hugh (
1i) John Norman (
2i) Martin Oliver (
3i) Thomas Henry Oliver, 8th
Lord Sheffield & Stanley of Alderley, etc. (
1j) Richard Oliver, 9th
Lord Sheffield & Stanley of Alderley, etc. (
1k) Oliver Richard Hugh
(1986-1989)
2k) Maria Elizabeth Jane,
b.1988
3k) Imogen Alexandra Ruth,
b.1990
4k) Hermione Helena Rose, b.1992
2j) Charles Ernest (
3j) Harry John, b.1963; m.22
May 1998 Shirin Kassim-Lakha
1k) Bertram Tom, b.2007
2k) Zahra, b.2004
4j) Lucinda Maria, b.1958;
m.1983 Peter Brazel
4i) Richard Morgan Oliver (
5i) Mary, b.and d.1921
4h) Henrietta Margaret, d.21
Aug 1956; m.12 Jun 1901 Sir William Edmund Goodenough (
5h) Katharine Florence
Clementine, d.10 Apr 1884
6h) Sylvia Laura, d.1980; m.24
Apr 1906 Hon. Anthony Morton Henley (
7h) Blanche Florence Daphne
(1885-17 Jul 1968); m.15 Jul 1912 Eric Pearce-Serocold (
8h) Beatrice Venetia, d.3 Aug
1948; m.26 Jul 1915 Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu (6 Feb 1879-15 Nov 1924)
4g) Rt. Rev. Algernon Charles,
Bp of Emmaus (
5g) Alice Margaret (
6g) Henrietta Blanche (
7g) Cecilia, d.1839 [per Lodge;
1837 per Burke’s]
8g) Maude Alethea (4 May
1833-1915)
9g) Margaret Olga (
10g) Katherine Louisa (Apr
1842-28 Jun 1874); m.8 Nov 1864 John Russell, Viscount Amberley
(1842-1876)
11g) Rosalind Frances (London
20 Feb 1845-12 Aug 1921); m.Alderley
12g) Mary (
2f) William
Owen (
3f) Alfred (
4f) Maria Margaret (
5f) Lucy Anne (
6f) Louisa Dorothea, d.3 Jun
1877
7f) Isabella Louisa, d.13 May
1839; m.23 Oct 1826 Sir William Edward Parry (1790-8 Jul 1855)
8f) Harriet Alethea, d.24 Apr
1888; m.20 Aug 1835 Thomas William Scott (d.8 Nov 1868)
9f) Matilda Abigail, d.28 Jul
1850; m.6 Oct 1828 Henry John Adeane, of Babraham (
10f) Emmeline, d.31 Aug 1906;
m.30 Apr 1844 Albert Way, of Wonham Manor (d.22 Mar
1874)
11f) Elfrida Susanna (15 Dec
1813-drowned 17 Sep 1817)
2e) Rt. Rev. Edward, Bp of
1f) Owen (
2f) Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn, Dean
of
3f) Charles Edward (
4f) Mary, d.26 Nov 1879
5f) Catherine Maria, d.2 Aug
1899; m.2 Apr 1850 Very Rev. Charles John Vaughan, Dean of Llandaff
4e) Mary, d.young
5e) Isabella Elizabeth, d.8 Mar
1849; m.19 Oct 1812 Charles Gibson, of
6e) Margaret, d.young
7e) Margaretta Louisa Anne, d.8
Jan 1842; m.25 Nov 1802 Sir Baldwin Leighton, 6th Bt. (
8e) Emma, d.Aug 1842; m.Jun
1810 Digby Thomas Carpenter
3c) Mary
4c) Christiana
2b) Charles; m.Lucretia, gdau of
Lord Plunkett
3b)
4b) Mary; m.George
Ingoldsby (dvp ca 1688/9), elder son of Sir Henry Ingoldsby, Bt.
5b)
6b) Penelope; m.John Parrot
7b) Anne
8b) Diana
3a) Thomas; m.Penelope Bradshaigh à
issue
4a) James; m.Elizabeth Byron à
issue
5a) Mary; m.Peter Wilbraham
6a) Jane
7a) Elizabeth; m.1st 1652 John Legh, of Booths
(d.16 Apr 1660); m.2nd Robert Venables
8a) Margaret; m.Thomas Swettenham,
of Swettenham (d.1713)
9a)
Part 4:
This line descends from a common ancestor with the
Sir William Stanley, of Hooton, cr Baronet 1661 (Sep
1628-bur
1a) William, d.an infant
2a) Sir Rowland, 2nd Bt. (bap Jun 1653-5 Jun
1737); m.Anne Paston (bur
1b) Sir William, 3rd
Bt. (bap
1c) Sir Rowland, 4th
Bt. (bap
1d) Sir William, 5th
Bt., d.29 May 1792; m.5 Aug 1785 Barbara Towneley (d.5 Aug 1836)
2d)
2c) William, d.young
3c) Sir John, 6th
Bt. (bap
1d) William (1750-d.young)
2d) Sir Thomas
STANLEY-MASSEY-STANLEY, 7th Bt. (ca 1755-19 Feb 1795); m.by 1780
Catherine Salvin (bur
1e) Sir William, 8th
Bt. (ca 1780-14 Jun 1800)
2e) Sir
Thomas, 9th Bt. (
1f) Sir William Thomas, 10th
Bt. (bap
2f) Sir Rowland ERRINGTON, 11th
Bt. (bap
1g) Claudiae
2g) Ethel Stanley, d.16 Oct
1898; m.28 Jun 1876 Evelyn Baring, Lord Cromer [later, Earl of Cromer] (
3g)
3f) Sir John, 12th
Bt., took surname ERRINGTON 1877 (bap
4f) Charles (1813- d.at
5f) Maria Frances (1808-4 Mar
1889); m.2 Aug 1832 [per
3e) John
4e) Charles; m.22 Oct 1829 Barbara,
dau of Sir Edward Mostyn, Bt.
5e) James
6e) Henry, of
7e) Catharine, d.12 Jan 1862;
m.25 Apr 1809 William Blundell, of
3d) John (1766-1790)
4d) Mary, d.1 Aug 1838; m.1772
Thomas Weld, of
4c) Henry
5c) Rev. Thomas Charles, 1715
MASSEY; he inherited the Puddington estate from his
Massey godfather, and left it to his brother John
6c) Charles
7c) James
8c)
9c) Anne
2b) Rowland
3b) Rowland
4b) Mary; m.Charles Harington
5b) Anne
6b)
7b) Dorothy
8b)
9b) Winifred
10b) Catharine
11b) Agnes
12b) Catharine; m.Robert
Blundell, of Ince
3a) Richard
4a) John
5a) William
6a) Philip
7a) Mary; m.Sir John Gage, 4th Bt. (ca 1642-27
May 1699)
8a)
9a) Agnes
Appendix: Holroyd
John Holroyd, later Baker-Holroyd [on
suc to estates of a maternal uncle], cr 1781 Baron
[by 1st m.]:
1a) John William (1768-1772)
2a) Maria Josepha (
3a) Louisa Dorothea (1776-14 May 1854); m.14 Mar 1797 Sir
William Henry Clinton (
[by 3rd m.]:
4a) George Augustus Frederick Charles HOLROYD, 2nd
Earl of
1b) Frederick Henry Stuart,
Viscount Pevensey (
2b) Henry North, 3rd
Earl of Sheffield (18 Jan 1832-21 Apr 1909); on his death all his titles became
extinct, except the 1783 Barony which devolved on the Stanleys,
as above
3b) Douglas Edward (
4b) Susan Harriet (
5a) Anne Frederica (