Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby

Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (21 April 1775 – 30 June 1851), KG, of Knowsley Hall in Lancashire (styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832, known as Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe from 1832-4), was a politician, peer, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist. He was the patron of the writer Edward Lear.

The Right Honorable

The Earl of Derby

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Portrait by William Derby, c.1837
Born(1775-04-21)21 April 1775
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
Died30 June 1851(1851-06-30) (aged 76)
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Margaret Hornby
(m. 1798; died 1817)
Issue
FatherEdward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
MotherLady Elizabeth Hamilton
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