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V. E R A L D R Y. 
John,'tenth earl of Shrewfbury, had ifTue, i. Fran¬ 
cis eleventh earl of Shrewfbury, who married Anna Ma¬ 
ria, daughter to Robert fecond earl of Cardigan; by 
which lady he had ilfue, Charles, duke of Shrew (bury;; 
and John, who was killed in a duel by Henry firft duke 
-of Grafton. 2. Edward, who was killed fighting for 
Charles I. at the battle of Marfton Moor, July 2, 1644. 
3. Gilbert. 4. Bruno, appointed chancellor of the ex¬ 
chequer in the kingdom of Ireland. 
Charles, twelfth earl and afterwards duke of Shrews¬ 
bury, engaged fo ftrongly in the oppofition to James 
II. that he went over to the prince of Orange, and born April 
1 made him an offer of his purfe and his -{'word. He was coulin, Charlotte Marg; 
appointed, the day after that in which William and 
• Mary were declared king and queen of England, one of 
the principal fecretaries of date ; and, having refigned 
•that office in-1690, was re-appointed in 1694; and the 
■fame year advanced to the dignities of marquis, of Al¬ 
ton, and d-uke of Shfewfbury. He again refigned the 
-office of fecretary of (late in May 16.99, and was con- 
■diluted lord chamberlain of the houfhold rn Odloberthe 
fame year, which office he refigned in 1700. By queen 
-Anne he was alfo conflituted, April 15, 1710, lord 
• chamberlain of the houfliold; in 1712, tier majefly’s 
.ambaffador extraordinary and plenipotentiary for con¬ 
cluding a peace with Louis XIV. Returning from the 
•court of France, he v/as nominated in 1713, lord lieu¬ 
tenant of Ireland; and upon the diffolution of the to- 
ry adminiflration of queen Anne, he received from that 
A R m o ri a l B e a ri xc s.—See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto —Prejl d’accomplir .—“ Ready to'perfonn.” • 
STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY. 
EDWARD SMITH STANLEY, Earl of 
D„ERB Y, Baron Stanley of Latliam, and a baronet; Lord 
Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the County of Lan. 
carter; born September 18, 1752; married, July 12, 
1774, Elizabeth, daughter of James, fixth duke of 
Hamilton; by which lady,-who died March 14, 1797, 
he had iffue, 1. Edward, lord Stanley, heir apparent, 
married, June 30, 1798, his 
Hornby, fecond daughter of 
the reverend Geoffry Hornby, and has iffue': 1. Edward 
GeofFry, born March 29, 1799; 2. Henry..Thomas", 
born March 9, 1803; 3. Charlotte Elizabeth, born Ju¬ 
ly ii, i8ot; 4. Emily Lucy, died November, 1804; 
5. Lotiifa Emily, born June 1, ,1803. 2. Charlotte, born 
October 17, 1776, and died November 25, sSo^, hav¬ 
ing married, Auguft 22, 1796, Edmund Hornby, efq. 
foil of the above-named reverend Geoffry Hornby. 3. Eli¬ 
zabeth Henrietta, married, January 15, 1795, Thomas 
Cole, efq. fon of major Thomas Rea Cole, of Twick¬ 
enham, Middlefex, by Ifabeila, daughter of (ir Henry 
Ibbetfon, bart. ' His lord (hi p married, fecondly, May 
1, 1797, Mifs Eliza Farren, and has iffue: Lucy EIL 
zabeth, born March r, 1799; Henry James, born 
March'9, 1 So©; Mary Margaret, born March 23, iSor. 
The family of Stanley is defeended from that 
princefs, July 24, 1714, the ftaff of lord high treafurer of Audley, of whom Nicholas de Audley was crea. 
of England ; thus uniting in his own perfon the ap¬ 
pointments of lord high treafurer of England, lord 
lieutenant of Ireland, and lord chamberlain of the 
houfliold ; three offices of the higheft truft, which had 
-never before been placed in the hands of one perfon. 
The appointment of lord chamberlain was continued to 
-him by George I. but he refigned it in 1715, and died 
.'.February 1, 1718. Upon his deceftfe the titles of duke 
of Shrewfbury and marquis of Alton became extindt ; 
but the earldom defeended, firft, to Gilbert, thirteenth 
earl of Shrewsbury, and then to George, fourteenth earl 
of Shrew (bury, thefons of Gilbert fon of John tenth earl 
-of Shrewfbury. 
George fourteenth earl of Shrewfbury, had iffue, 1. 
■George, fifteenth earl, who married Elizabeth, daugli- 
.ter or John feventh lord Dormer. 2. Charjes, who 
married Mary,. daughter of (ir George Moftyn of Tala- 
cre in the county of Flint, baronet ; by which lady lie 
had. iffue, Charles] prefent and iixteenth earl'"of 
Shrewfbury; Frances; Barbara, married to Francis 
baron by Edward I. January 26, 1226, by 
the title of lord Audley of Heleigh in the county 
of Stafford. /The title became extinct July 25, 1391. 
William de Audley, the defeendant of a younger 
branch,.', a (Turned . the name of Stanley in the reign 
of king John, from a manor of that name in the 
county of Derby. John, feventh in defcent from Wil. 
liatn, was much enriched by his marriage with Ifabel, 
daughter and heir of fir Thomas Latham of Latham 
and Knovvefly in the county of Lancafter. He was fe- 
veral times lord deputy and lord lieutenant of Ireland, 
in the reign of Richard II. and was re-appointed to the 
latter of thefe offices upon the acceffion of Henry IV. 
He was alfo fteward of the houfliold to that monarch, 
and was conflituted by Henry V. 1413, lord lieutenant 
of Ireland; and died in the following year. John, his 
fon, was alfo flevvard of the houfhold to Iienry IV. and 
Thomas, his fon, was conflituted, in 143:, lord lieu¬ 
tenant of Ireland for the term of fix years. He was 
created by Henry VI. baron Stanley of Latham in the 
Fortefcue Turville of Bofworth in the county of Lei- county of Lancafter, and died in 1459. He had iffue,' 
cefter, efquire ; Catharine-Mary ; Juliana; Elizabeth; 
Thefefa ; George -; John Jofeph ; and Charlotte Ma¬ 
ry. Charles, the father, died April 11, .1761, Anne, 
daughter of Thomas firft: earl Fauconberg, who died 
September 13, 1768; and, fecondly, May 18, 1772; 
Margaret Frances, daughter and heir of William Shel¬ 
don, efq. by which lady he has iffue Elizabeth Marga¬ 
ret, born May 20, 1775 ; Frances, born December 1, 
1777; Maria, born October 4, 1779; Charles Thomas, 
born November 24, 1782 ; Leuifa Frances, born OCto- 
1784. 6. Lucy, died June 1787. George, the 
Thomas, fecond lord . Stanley. 2. William, Who 
was principally inflrumcntal in obtaining the crown of 
England for Henry VII. and was foon after conflituted 
chancellor and under treafurer of the exchequer. His 
wealth became an objedt of jealoufy to the prince upon 
the throne, and he was beheaded for a pretended con- 
fpiracy, February 16, 1495. 
Thomas, fecond lord Stanley, was fteward of.the 
houfhold to Edward IV. and had a principal command 
in the army of Richard duke of Gloucefter, afterwards 
" .hard III. in his expedition againft the Scots. 
fifteenth earl of Shrewfbury, died July 1787, and was openly efpoufed the canfe of Edward V. and June 13, 
ideceeded by his nephew Charles, the prefent and fix- 
teenth earl. Heir prefumptive, John, brother to the earl. 
Creations. —Baron Talbot of Goodrich caftle in 
■the county of Hereford, June 5, 1330.1 Baron Strange 
of Blackmere in the county of Salop,. Furnival, Ver- 
don, Lovetot, Giffard, Comyn, Valence, and Munt- 
ehinfy, by various intermarriages. Earl of Shrewfbu- 
ry, May 20, 1442. 
Residences. —Ifleworth in the county of Middle¬ 
fex ; Grafton-Hal! in the county of Stafford ; and Hey- 
fhorpe near Woodftock in the county of Oxford,— 
Tewn-hoirfe, SUnhope-ftreet. 
_a-83, when lord Hafiings was arrefted at the council 
board and beheaded, one of the attendants flruck at 
him with a halbert, fo as to have killed him, if he had 
not ftooped fuddenly, and avoided the blow. He was 
afterwards appointed lord fteward of the houfhold to 
Richard 111. and obtained a patent conftituting him 
lord high conftable of England for life. He married, 
firft, Eleanor, daughter of Richard Nevile earl of Sa- 
liftuiry ; by which lady he had iffue, 1. George, who 
married Jane, daughter and heirefs to John le.Strange, 
lord Strange of Kj-iockyn in the county of Salop, in 
whole right he had fummons to parliament in 1482, by 
the 
