John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Stanley of Alderley
The Right Honourable The Lord Stanley of Alderley
	Lithograph by Isaac Ware Slater, after Joseph Slater Jr.
Member of Parliament; for Wootton Bassett
	In office; 1790–1796
Preceded by	Hon. George North
Succeeded by	John Denison
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 1839 – 23 October 1850; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Personal details
Born	26 November 1766
Died	23 October 1850 (aged 83); Alderley Park, Cheshire, England
Spouse	Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd (m. 1796; died 1850)
Children	11
Parent(s)	Sir John Thomas Stanley; Margaret Owen

John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley (26 November 1766 – 23 October 1850), known as Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet, from 1807 to 1839, was a British peer and politician.

Life

Stanley was the son of Sir John Thomas Stanley FRSE (1735–1827), 6th Baronet and elder brother of Edward Stanley, the Bishop of Norwich. He succeeded in the baronetcy and to the family seat at Alderley Park in Cheshire on his father's death in 1807. This branch of the Stanley family descended from the Hon. Sir John Stanley, third son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (whose eldest son Thomas was created Earl of Derby in 1485). His mother was Margaret Owen, heiress of the Penrhos estate on Anglesey and he was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey for 1809.

He was elected to the House of Commons for Wootton Bassett in 1790, a seat he held until 1796. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790.^[1] In 1839 Stanley was raised to the peerage as Baron Stanley of Alderley, in the County of Chester.

Lord Stanley of Alderley died at Alderley Park in October 1850, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Edward, who had already been elevated to the peerage in his own right as Baron Eddisbury.

Family

Stanley married the Hon. Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, in 1796. Lady Stanley of Alderley died in 1863. There were 11 children of the marriage, with sons who were twins and seven daughters surviving to become adults.^[2] The sons included:

Hon. Edward John (1802–1869), elder twin who inherited the title;
Hon. William Owen Stanley (1802–1884), younger twin and Liberal Party politician

Of the daughters:

Lucy Anne married Marcus Theodore Hare.^[3]
Isabella Louisa (1801–1839) married William Parry, and was mother of Edward Parry.^[4]
Matilda Abigail married Henry John Adeane.^[5]

Arms

Coat of arms of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
	Crest On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, an eagle with wings expanded or preying upon an infant proper, swaddled gules, handed argent. Escutcheon Argent, on a bend azure, three bucks' heads cabossed or, a crescent for difference. Supporters Dexter, a stag or, gorged with a ducal crown, line reflexed over the back, and charged on the shoulder with a mullet azure; sinister, a lion reguardant proper, gorged with a plain collar argent charged withthree escallops gules. Motto Sans Changer "Without Changing"^[6]

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}

Notes

^ "Record of nomination for John Thomas Stanley, Baron Stanley of Alderley". Royal Society. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
^ Stern, Marvin. "Stanley, Lady Maria Josepha". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74489. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Edward Walford (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. R. Hardwicke. p. 461.
^ Parry, A. K. "Parry, Sir (William) Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21443. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Adeane, Henry John (1789–1847), of Babraham, Cambs, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2003. London: Macmillan. 2003. p. 1511.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by George Augustus North Robert Seymour-Conway	Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett 1790–1796 With: The Viscount Downe	Succeeded by John Denison Edward Clarke
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title	Baron Stanley of Alderley 1839–1850	Succeeded by Edward John Stanley
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Thomas Stanley	Baronet (of Alderley) 1807–1850	Succeeded by Edward John Stanley