Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
British peer and landowner
- The Hon. Mr Hugh Stanley
- Rose Birch
Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, DL (born 10 October 1962) is a British hereditary peer and landowner.
He was a member of the House of Lords from 1994 to 1999.[1]
Activities
Edward Stanley (informally "Teddy") otherwise Lord Stanley[2] was born to Hugh Stanley (1926–1971) and his wife Rose Stanley (née Birch). He lives at Knowsley Hall near Liverpool,[2] and also has a residence in London.
Stanley inherited the earldom of Derby and other family titles in 1994, on the death of his uncle.[3] He also inherited the Knowsley Estate, the Knowsley Safari Park and Stanley House Stud on Hatchfield Farm.[4] He is president of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce,[5] serves as a member of the University of Liverpool Council[6] (receiving an honorary doctorate (Hon. LLD) from the Liverpool University in 2008)[7] and is one of seven trustees of the foundation which funds bursaries to Cameron House pre-prep and prep school in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, where fees exceed £16,000 per year.[8][9] Lord Stanley was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Merseyside in 1999, serving alongside Frank Field and Mark Blundell among others.[10]
For the coronation of King Charles III, Stanley was made the Vice Admiral of Lancashire. The position had been held by previous Earls of Derby going back to 1569. Prior to this appointment, Stanley was an honorary Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve[11]
Family
Lord Stanley married The Honourable Caroline Neville, a daughter of Robin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke, on 21 October 1995 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Saffron Walden. The couple have three children:
- Lady Henrietta Mary Rose Stanley (b. 1997)
- Edward John Robin Stanley, Lord Stanley, heir apparent to the earldom (b. 1998)
- The Honourable Oliver Henry Hugh Stanley (b. 2002).
Lord Derby is the great-great-grandson of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby who served as Governor General of Canada and gifted the country the Stanley Cup.
The elder son, Lord Stanley, is a godson of Prince Andrew, Duke of York,[12] and was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II between 2008 and 2012,[13] appearing in three Garter services and four State Openings of Parliament. He held the Garter around the leg of Prince William during his installation as 1000th Knight of the Garter.[14]
Knowsley Estate
The Knowsley Estate has residential properties in the rural parishes of Knowsley, Eccleston, Rainford, Bickerstaffe and Ormskirk. It also offers commercial properties as part of the Stanley Grange Business Village, converted from a range of Victorian farm buildings on the estate and opened in June 2013.[15]
The Grade II* listed Knowsley Hall and surrounding 2,500 acres[16] of parkland have also been used as locations for several television programmes and films including Boys from the Blackstuff – 'Yosser's Story' (1982), Apparitions (2008), The Liver Birds (2007) as well as television soap operas, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street. In 2008, the house received a five-star gold rating for accommodation from inspectors at VisitEngland, the only stately home to be so rated.[17] In 2010, Lord Derby announced his 'Green' policies for the estate, which included conservation and generation of efficient energy usage.[18]
Hatchfield Farm and thoroughbred horse racing
Stanley's maternal grandmother, Catherine, was a well-known racehorse trainer in Wiltshire notably College House, Lambourn, from where she sent out The Schweppes Gold Trophy winner Ra Nova, among others. The Epsom Derby was named after the 12th Earl of Derby while The Oaks was named after the 12th Earl's house near Epsom. The Derby family can trace its horse racing heritage back to the 5th Earl of Derby in the sixteenth century.[19]
Stanley usually has one or sometimes two horses in training each year from Hatchfield stud farm, managed by his brother, Peter Stanley. Home to a small number of broodmares, Lord Stanley's policy is to sell his colts and race the fillies. The Earl currently owns Ouija Board, winner of seven The Group/Grade 1 races, including The Oaks, Irish Oaks and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2004, and the last-named race again in 2006. She also won the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot in June 2006. She was third in the Japan Cup following that last win, and was retired after going lame before her intended final start in the Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin in December 2006. Ouija Board won over three million pounds in prize money. The Earl has published a book about her, Ouija Board: A Mare in a Million.[20]
Stanley's proposal to build 1,200 houses and a large industrial estate on historic studland at Hatchfield Farm in Newmarket, Suffolk, was met with opposition from local residents,[21] businesses and the area's largest employers, including Tattersalls, the Jockey Club, Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket's elected councillors, leading trainers and the local resident group Save Historic Newmarket.[22]
See also
References
- ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Derby, accessed 23 November 2022
- ^ a b National Thoroughbred Racing Association, 3 December 2007 Archived 19 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Earl of Derby DL". Merseyside Lieutenancy. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Life of a thoroughly modern earl". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "The Rt Hon the Earl of Derby DL". Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "The University Council". University of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Honorary degrees for Earl of Derby and Sir Drummond Bone". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "CAMERON HOUSE FOUNDATION". Open Charities. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "Cameron House Foundation – Key Employees". Charity Insight. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ www.merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com
- ^ Hardman, Robert (20 June 2024). Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. Pan Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781035027484.
- ^ Yvonne Demoskoff. "Royal Godchildren (aka Godchildren of Selected Members of the Royal Family)". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. London. 15 May 2008.
- ^ "Feschuk: Lord Stanley has never seen a hockey game". The Star. Toronto. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Lord's Derby's business park dream is a reality after a 12-year wait". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Knowsley Estate". Rural Estates. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ "Knowsley estate wins two national awards". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ "Lord Derby tells how Knowsley Hall and its estate is going green". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Eric Pickles rejects plans for 1,200 Newmarket homes, BBC, 23 March 2012, retrieved 11 March 2014
- ^ Ouija Board: A Mare in a Million: Amazon.co.uk: Lord Derby: 9781905156405: Books. ASIN 1905156405.
- ^ "Hatchfield Farm plans 'called in' by secretary of state | Horse Racing News | Racing Post". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Racing Post: Save Historic Newmarket staging Tattersalls rally
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Derby
- www.hereditarypeers.com
- www.tatler.com
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| Preceded by | Earl of Derby 1994–present | Incumbent Heir apparent: Edward Stanley |
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| Preceded by Vacant | Vice Admiral of Lancashire 2023–present | Incumbent |
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