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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby
    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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    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
    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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  • Thumbnail for Frances Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater
    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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