Baron Stanley
Baron Stanley was a hereditary British title ( Barony by writ ) in the Peerage of England .
History of the title
The title was created on January 15, 1456 for Sir Thomas Stanley when he was called to the English Parliament by Writ of Summons .
His son was raised to Earl of Derby on October 27, 1485 , and both titles remained united until the 5th Earl's death on April 19, 1594. When he died without male descendants, the barony in Abeyance fell between his three daughters, the earl title, however, is only inheritable in the male line and fell to his brother as the 6th Earl .
On February 23, 1921, the Abeyance for Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun ended as 7th Baroness, who already carried the title Countess of Loudoun . When she left no sons on her death on February 24, 1960, the title fell again in Abeyance between her five daughters. Today's legitimate co-heirs of the title are the following descendants of four of these five daughters:
- Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun (* 1981) (1/4 share)
- Sheena Williams, b. Wakefield (* 1941) (1/8 share)
- Flora Purdie, b. Hubble (* 1957) (1/8 share)
- Robert Marcel de Fresnes (* 1970) (1/4 share)
- Norman Angus Maclaren (* 1948) (1/4 share)
List of Barons Stanley (1456)
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley († 1459)
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby , 2nd Baron Stanley († 1504)
- Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby , 3rd Baron Stanley († 1521)
- Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby , 4th Baron Stanley (1509–1572)
- Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby , 5th Baron Stanley (1531–1593)
- Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby , 6th Baron Stanley (1559–1594) (title abeyant 1594)
- Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun , 7th Baroness Stanley (1883–1960) (Abeyance ended 1921; title abeyant 1960)
See also
- Baron Stanley of Alderley (1839)
- Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe (1832)
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Stanley, Baron (E, 1456 - abeyant 1960) at Cracroft's Peerage