John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley

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 an English peer and politician.

Early life and education Stanley was born at Alderley Park, Cheshire, the son of Sir John Thomas Stanley FRSE (1735–1827), 6th Baronet. and Margaret Owen, heiress of the Penrhos estate on Anglesey.

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).

But a marriage could not be arranged for him, and the poor girl had the misfortune to become queen to George IV, probably the most worthless of English kings. Poor Stanley was dragged away, and spent the next five years in Neuchâtel, Montpellier and Turin, and later in other parts of Italy. In 1839 Stanley was raised to the peerage as Baron Stanley of Alderley, in the County of Chester.

Marriage and issue Stanley married the Lady Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, in 1796. There were 11 children of the marriage; twin sons and seven daughters survived to adulthood.

Hon. Maria Margaret (20 July 1797 – 24 February 1882), died unmarried Hon. Louisa Dorothea (7 November 1799 – 3 June 1877), died unmarried Hon. Isabella Louisa (27 May 1801 – 13 May 1839) married in 1826 Sir William Edward Parry, and was mother of Edward Parry. Died two days following the birth of twin sons, who died. Hon. Lucy Anne (30 June 1798 – 15 March 1869), married in 1833 Marcus Theodore Hare. Hon. Edward John (1802–1869), elder twin who inherited the title Hon. William Owen (1802–1884), younger twin and politician Hon. Harriot Alethea (23 October 1804 – 24 April 1888), married in 1835 Gen. William Henry Scott Hon. Matilda Abigail (9 June 1806 – 28 July 1850), married Henry John Adeane. Alfred (15 February 1808 – 24 March 1811), died young Hon. Emmeline (28 September 1810 – 31 August 1906), married in 1844 Albert Way Elfrida Susannah (15 December 1813 – 17 September 1817), died young

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.

Lady Stanley of Alderley died in 1863.

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