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Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834

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Personal name headingSmith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
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Variant(s)Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834
Derby, Earl of, 1752-1834
Smith Stanley, Edward, Earl of Derby, 1752-1834
Stanley, Edward Smith, Earl of Derby, 1752-1834
Birth date17521212
Death date18341021
Place of birthEngland
Field of activityPolitics
AffiliationGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Profession or occupationMember of Parliament Member of the House of Lords
Found inBrissot de Warville, J.P. Report of the Committee of General Defence on the dispositions of the British government towards France ... 1793: t.p. (Edward Smith Stanley Derby, Earl of)
LC data base, 6/22/90 (hdg.: Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834; usage: Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby)
Valentine, A. British establishment 1760-1784, 1970 (Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834; oldest son of James Stanley, later Smith-Stanley; in 1776 succeeded as 12th Earl of Derby)
Wikipedia, Nov. 6, 2012 (Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC (12 December 1752-21 October 1834), styled Lord Strange between 1771 and 1776, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He held office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1783 in the Fox-North Coalition and between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. Derby entered Eton College in 1764, proceeding to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1771. Derby was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Lancashire in 1774, a seat he held until 1776, when he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.)
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