NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834 NRA: Stanley Edward Smith (1752-1834) 12th Earl of Derby DNB: Stanley, Edward Smith, twelfth earl of Derby (1752-1834), sportsman and patron of horse-racing LBT ID: LdDerby12 VIAF ID: 31555525 LOC ID: no90014556 | B/BAP: 1752-09-12 DIED: 1834-10-21 |
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Grandson of the eleventh earl (d. 1776); educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge,
he was a Whig MP for Lancashire, a friend of Charles James Fox, nephew of John Burgoyne,
and a committed sportsman. | |