Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby KG (born April 21, 1775 , † June 30, 1851 in Knowsley Hall ), was a British politician, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist. From 1832 to 1834 he was commonly known as The Lord Stanley .
Live and act
Stanley was the fourth child and only son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby , and Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton . He attended Eton College in Windsor and graduated in 1795 his studies at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge as Master of Arts (MA) from. On June 30, 1798, he married Charlotte Margaret Hornby, daughter of Reverend Geoffrey Hornby.
Stanley lower house deputy was the Whigs for Preston from 1796 to 1812 and for Lancashire from 1812 to 1832. On 22 December 1832 he was awarded the hereditary title of Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster awarded, making it a member of the House of Lords was . When his father died in 1834, he succeeded him as 13th Earl of Derby and withdrew from politics. Instead he devoted himself to his natural history collection at Knowsley Hall , a noble estate near Liverpool . He had a large collection of live animals, which at his death consisted of 1,272 birds and 345 mammals, brought to England by researchers such as Joseph Burke . Much of Derby's collection is now housed in the World Museum Liverpool . Lord Derby was also the patron of the writer Edward Lear .
family
He had seven children with his wife:
- Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)
- Charlotte Elizabeth Smith-Stanley (* 1801)
- Henry Thomas Stanley (1803-1875)
- Emily Lucy Smith-Stanley (* 1804)
- Louisa Emily Stanley (1805-1825)
- Eleanor Mary Smith-Stanley (* 1807)
- Charles James Fox Stanley (1808-1884)
On November 4, 1844, he inherited his subordinate title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a special royal resolution ( Writ of Acceleration ) prematurely to his eldest son, so that he was already a member of the House of Lords at that time. When he died in 1851, he inherited his other nobility titles.
Dedication names
After Lord Derby, animal species such as the Chinese parakeet ( Psittacula derbiana ), the giant eland ( Taurotragus derbianus ) and the guinea-cone ( Oreophasis derbianus ) are named. In 1845, George Robert Gray described the form Chauna derbiana , which, however, is considered a noun nudum .
Web links
- Edward Stanley at Hansard (English)
- Peter Draper: The House Of Stanley. T. Hutton, Ormskirk 1864, pp. 275-300 .
- The history of the Earls of Derby ( Memento from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created | Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe 1832–1844 |
Edward Smith-Stanley |
| Edward Smith-Stanley |
Earl of Derby 1834-1851 |
Edward Smith-Stanley |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith-Stanley, Edward, 13th Earl of Derby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edward Smith-Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1775 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1851 |
| Place of death | Knowsley Hall |