Background
Stanley was the son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, 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.
Stanley was the son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, 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 Honorary 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. In 1839 Stanley was raised to the peerage as Baron Stanley of Alderley, in the County of Chester.
Stanley married the Honorary Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, in 1796.
Lady Stanley of Alderley died in 1863.
The sons were:
Edward, who inherited the title;
William Owen Stanley. Of the daughters:
Lucy Anne married Marcus Theodore Hare. Matilda Abigail married Henry John Adeane.
Royal Society; 17th Parliament of Great Britain.