NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Stanley Edward John (1802-1869) 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley statesman DNB: Stanley, Edward John, second Baron Stanley of Alderley and first Baron Eddisbury (1802-1869), politician LBT ID: LdStanl2 | B/BAP: 1802-11-13 DIED: 1869-06-16 |
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
The son of John Thomas Stanley, first Baron Stanley, educated at Christ Church, Oxford;
he was Whig MP for Hindon (1831), North Cheshire (1832-41, 1847-48), raised to the peerage
as baron Eddisbury (1848), president of the Board of Trade (1855-58) and postmaster-general
(1860-66). | |