George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange, of Knockyn, Knight of the Order of the Garter, KB was an English nobleman and heir apparent of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby.
Background
Despite predeceasing his father in 1503, he was nevertheless a considerable soldier and aristocrat in his own right and held a number of senior offices of state. He was born about 1460 at Knowsley, Lancashire, England, the eldest son of Thomas Stanley and his first wife Eleanor, sister of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. On his father"s second marriage to Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond he became stepbrother to her son, Henry Tudor, later King Henry VII.
Career
He was invested as a knight of the Order of the Bath in 1475 by King Edward IV. He held the offices of Constable of Pontefract Castle and Constable of Knaresborough Castle in 1485. He was present at the Battle of Bosworth Field, but was held captive by Richard III because of his father"s actions. He held the office of Constable of Wicklow Castle in 1486 and became Chief Justice of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1486.
In 1487 he took part in the Battle of Stoke Field.
In the same year was invested with the Order of the Garter and was made a privy counsellor. Their children were:
John Stanley (d 1503).
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1485–1521). James Stanley, knight (1486–1562), who founded the branch of the family known as the "Stanleys of Bickerstaffe", from which the 11th Earl of Derby and all subsequent earls descend.
George Stanley. Elizabeth Stanley.
Margaret Stanley. Stanley died in Derby House, Street Paul"s Wharf, London over 4–5 December 1503, allegedly of poison following a banquet. He was buried in the London church of Street James Garlickhythe nearby.