Background
He was the son of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and the former Henrietta Dillon-Lee.
He was the son of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and the former Henrietta Dillon-Lee.
He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.
Stanley (then known as the Honourable Edward Lyulph Stanley) contested Oldham, in the Liberal interest, at elections in 1872, 1874, 1880 and 1885. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1910. He wrote a book Our National Education (1899).
Stanley married Mary Katherine Bell, daughter of Lowthian Bell, on 6 February 1873.
They had eight children:
Katharine Florence Clementine Stanley (died 1884)
Henrietta Margaret Stanley (1874–1956), married William Edmund Goodenough. Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875–1931)
Edward John Stanley (1878–1908)
Lieutenant-Colonel
Oliver Hugh Stanley (1879–1952)
Blanche Florence Daphne Stanley (1885–1968), married Eric Pearce-Sorocold. Beatrice Venetia Stanley (1887–1948).
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Stanley was a member of the London School Board from 1876 to 1885 and also from 1888 to 1896.