Elizabeth Stanley (née de Vere), Countess of Derby, Lord of Mann (2 July 1575 – 10 March 1627), was an English noblewoman and courtier. She was the eldest...
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Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady Margaret Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland...
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Elizabeth Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Hamilton; 26 January 1753 – 14 March 1797) was an English peeress. As the eligible eldest daughter of...
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Anne Stanley (May 1580 – c. 8 October 1647) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Derby and, through her two marriages...
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Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby (4 May 1559 – 23 January 1637) was an English noblewoman from the Spencer family and noted patron of the arts. Poet Edmund...
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Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby (December 1599 – 31 March 1664), born Charlotte de La Trémoille, is famous for her robust defence of Lathom House...
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Elizabeth Stanley may refer to: Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Derby, English noblewoman Elizabeth Stanley (actress), American actress Elizabeth Stanley...
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William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG (1561 – 29 September 1642) was an English nobleman and politician. Stanley inherited a prominent social position...
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Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1559 – 16 April 1594), was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, and...
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peeress Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby (c. 1759–1829), wife of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby Mary Catherine Stanley, Countess of Derby (1824–1900)...
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Stanley, Countess of Ancram (died 1657) was an English aristocrat. Anne Stanley was a daughter of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth de...
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Lady Margaret Beaufort (redirect from Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby)
later made him Earl of Derby. Margaret was then styled "Countess of Richmond and Derby". She was invested as a Lady of the Order of the Garter (LG) in...
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Mary Stanley, Countess of Derby (previously known as Mary Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, née Lady Mary Sackville-West; 23 July 1824 – 6 December...
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Lord Stanley. Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Derby, by George Romney, ca 1776-1778 Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, by Thomas Lawrence, 1790 Arms of Stanley...
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Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (6 January 1588 – 20 January 1633), formerly Lady Elizabeth Stanley, was an English noblewoman and writer who...
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Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Bootle-Wilbraham, 1805 – 26 April 1876) was the wife of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who served...
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second daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, and his wife, the former Alice Spencer. Her sisters were Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven,...
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Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893...
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Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex (c. 1479 – 11 May 1532) was an English noblewoman. Elizabeth Stafford was the daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke...
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Lady Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Derby (1660–1717), was an English court official. She served as Mistress of the Robes to queen Mary II of England between...
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Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (before 1485 – 23 May 1521) was an English nobleman, politician, and peer. Thomas Stanley was the eldest son of George...
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. They had one daughter. Elizabeth (sometimes Eliza) Farren was the daughter of George Farren of Cork, Ireland...
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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of King Henry VII of England. He was the eldest...
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eldest son of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561–1642), KG, by his wife Elizabeth de Vere, a daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Through...
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George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange, of Knockin, KG, KB (1460–1503) was an English nobleman and heir apparent of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. He was...
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Earl of Southampton, refusing the Lady Vere, payeth £5000 of present money'. In January Elizabeth married William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. Derby had...
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Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Later Countess of Derby is an oil on canvas painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence. Produced probably in 1790, it...
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Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, also known as Elyanore Clifford (née Lady Eleanor Brandon; b. 1519 – d. 27 September 1547) was the third child...
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terms of this grant. William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, 1609–1612 Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, 1612–1627 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, 1627–1651...
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of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1588–1633), daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby,...
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