William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby

William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655 – 5 November 1702), styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer and politician.

William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
Earl of Derby
William Stanley, the 9th Earl of Derby
Tenure1672–1702
Born1655
Died5 November 1702
NationalityEnglish
LocalityLancashire, Cheshire
Spouse(s)Lady Elizabeth Butler
IssueJames Stanley, Lord Strange
FatherCharles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
MotherDorotha Helena Kirkhoven

Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven.[1]

He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1672[1] and later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1676 to 1687 and again from 1688 to 1701 and of Cheshire from 1676 to 1687. In 1685, Derby petitioned the House of Lords for the restoration of some of the family estates that had been seized from his late father, including the manors of Hawarden, Bidston, and Broughton, Lancashire.[2]

Following the Glorious Revolution in which King William III supplanted James II, Derby was ordered as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire to call out the Lancashire Militia in 1689. He raised three regiments of foot and three troops of horse, and was appointed Colonel of the first regiment. However, his younger brother, James, a professional soldier, actually commanded the Lancashire Brigade during the campaign in Ireland.[3]

Lord Derby married Lady Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, in 1673. His only son James Stanley, Lord Strange, predeceased him.[1]

On his death on 5 November 1702, his junior title of Baron Strange fell into abeyance between his two daughters (it was later called out abeyance in favour of the eldest daughter, Henrietta). He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby. Lady Derby died on 5 July 1717.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Burke's, 'Derby'.
  2. ^ "House of Lords Journal Volume 14: 27 May 1685 Pages 19-20 Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 14, 1685–1691. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767–1830". British History Online. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ Williamson & Whalley, pp. 1–8, 373–4.

References

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
1676–1687
Succeeded by
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
1676–1687
Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire
1682–1687
Vacant
Title last held by
William Bankes
Vice-Admiral of Cheshire and Lancashire
1684–1691
Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
The Earl of Derby
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
1688–1689
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
1688–1689
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
1702
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of North Wales
(Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire,
Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire)

1702
Succeeded by
Head of State of the Isle of Man
Preceded by Lord of Mann
1672–1702
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Derby
1672–1702
Succeeded by
Baron Strange
1672–1702
In abeyance
Title next held by
Henrietta Stanley