Baron Stanley of Alderley
Baron Stanley of Alderley , of Alderley in the County of Chester is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created by Letters patent dated May 9, 1839 for Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet . This had been since 1807 the Stanley baronetcy, of Alderley Hall in the County of Chester held that in the days barons of England for his ancestors on June 25, 1660 Thomas Stanley a younger son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley , had been created .
Other titles
The later 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley had been awarded the title of Baron Eddisbury , of Winnington in the County Palatine of Chester, on May 12, 1848 . The title also belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
In 1909, on the death of his distant relative Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield , the 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury inherited his subordinate title Baron Sheffield , of Roscommon in the County of Roscommon , who was in the peerage on September 20, 1783 of Ireland was created.
List of title owners
Stanley Baronets, of Alderley Hall (1660)
- Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Baronet (1597–1672)
- Sir Peter Stanley, 2nd Baronet (1626–1683)
- Sir Thomas Stanley, 3rd Baronet (1652-1721)
- Sir James Stanley, 4th Baronet († 1747)
- Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Baronet († 1755)
- Sir John Stanley, 6th Baronet (1735-1807)
- Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet (1766–1850) (promoted to Baron Stanley of Alderley in 1839 )
Barone Stanley of Alderley (1839)
- John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley (1766-1850)
- Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley , 1st Baron Eddisbury (1802–1869)
- Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley , 2nd Baron Eddisbury (1827–1903)
- Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield , 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury (1839-1925)
- Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield , 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 4th Baron Eddisbury (1875–1931)
- Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield , 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 5th Baron Eddisbury (1907–1971)
- Lyulph Stanley, 7th Baron Sheffield , 7th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 6th Baron Eddisbury (1915–1971)
- Thomas Stanley, 8th Baron Sheffield , 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Eddisbury (1927-2013)
- Richard Stanley, 9th Baron Sheffield , 9th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 8th Baron Eddisbury (* 1956)
Heir Presumptive is the brother of the current title holder, Charles Ernest Stanley (* 1960).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Stanley of Alderley, Baron (UK, 1839) in Cracroft's Peerage