Henry Smith-Stanley
The Hon. Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley (9 March 1803 – 2 April 1875) was a British politician. He was MP for Preston 1832–1837.
Smith-Stanley was the son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, and his wife, Charlotte Hornby. Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, three times Prime Minister, was Smith-Stanley's older brother.[1]
He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1821.[2] He transferred to St Mary Hall, Oxford, matriculating in 1826, aged 22.[3]
He served as a JP and DL, and as MP for Preston 1832–1837.[2]
He died on 2 April 1875.
Family
[edit]Smith-Stanley married Anne Woolhouse, daughter of Richard Woolhouse, on 1 September 1835. They had four children:[1]
- Edward Henry Stanley (5 January 1838 – )
- Charles Geoffrey Stanley (5 September 1839 – 22 April 1877)
- Henry Edmund Stanley (27 December 1840 – 15 November 1867)
- Charlotte Margaret Sidney Anne Stanley (5 August 1842 – 26 October 1872)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1103–1104. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ a b "Stanley, The Hon. Henry Thomas Smith (STNY821HT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Foster, Joseph. . – via Wikisource.