Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (died 1938)
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Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley, MC (9 July 1894 – 16 October 1938) was a British Conservative politician. The eldest son of the 17th Earl of Derby, he held minor political office before being appointed Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs in 1938, sitting in the cabinet alongside his brother Oliver Stanley. However, Stanley died only five months after this appointment, aged 44; his eldest son, Edward John Stanley, later succeeded to the earldom in his stead.
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Lord Stanley | |
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Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
In office 16 May 1938 – 16 October 1938 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
Preceded by | Malcolm MacDonald |
Succeeded by | Malcolm MacDonald |
Member of Parliament for Fylde | |
In office 15 November 1922 – 16 October 1938 | |
Preceded by | Wilfrid Ashley |
Succeeded by | Claude Lancaster |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool Abercromby | |
In office 28 June 1917 – 25 November 1918 | |
Preceded by | Richard Chaloner |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | (1894-07-09)9 July 1894 Marylebone, London |
Died | 16 October 1938(1938-10-16) (aged 44) Marylebone, London |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Hon. Sibyl Cadogan (1893–1969) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby Lady Alice Montagu |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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