NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stanley, Edward Smith, Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 NRA: Stanley Edward Smith (1775-1851) 13th Earl of Derby MP naturalist DNB: Stanley, Edward Smith, thirteenth earl of Derby [formerly Lord Stanley] (1775-1851), politician and naturalist LBT ID: LdDerby13 VIAF ID: 74635173 LOC ID: nb2007027926 | B/BAP: 1775-04-21 DIED: 1851-06-30 |
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Whig MP for Preston (1796-1812) and Lancashire (1812-32) who succeeded to the earldom in
1834; he was a natural historian and president of the Zoological Society. | |