Biography of John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 1766-1850

Paternal Family Tree: Stanley

In Aug 1755 [his grandfather] Edward Stanley 5th Baronet died. His son [his father] John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet (age 20) succeeded 6th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

On 26 Nov 1766 John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley was born to John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet (age 31).

In 1796 John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 29) and Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley were married. She the daughter of John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 60) and Abigail Way Countess Sheffield.

In 1801 [his daughter] Isabella Louisa Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 34) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 13 Nov 1802 [his son] William Owen Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 35) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 13 Nov 1802 [his son] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 35) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

In 1806 [his daughter] Matilda Abigail Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 39) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 07 Oct 1826 [his son] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 18) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 01 Jun 1827 Arthur Charles Legge (age 26) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley were married. She the daughter of John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield and Abigail Way Countess Sheffield. He the son of George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 66).

On 29 Nov 1827 [his father] John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet (age 92) died. His son John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 61) succeeded 7th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire. [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley by marriage Lady Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

Before 30 Nov 1831 [his son-in-law] Henry John Adeane (age 42) and [his daughter] Matilda Abigail Stanley (age 25) were married.

In 1832 [his son] William Owen Stanley (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Ellin Williams were married.

In 1839 John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 72) was created 1st Baron Stanley Alderley. [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

In 1839 [his daughter] Isabella Louisa Stanley (age 38) died.

On 28 Jul 1850 [his daughter] Matilda Abigail Stanley (age 44) died.

On 23 Oct 1850 John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 83) died. His son [his son] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baron Stanley Alderley, 8th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire. [his daughter-in-law] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 42) by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

In 1863 [his former wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley died.

St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley [Map]. The chancel contains memorials to the Lords Stanley of Alderley. The memorial to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley contains his effigy dressed in peer's robes lying under a canopy with his hand on a book, dated 1856 and by Richard Westmacott. On the other side of the chancel is a memorial to his son [his son] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury, his effigy holding a scroll in his hand and with a dog at his feet. Engraved in brass on the side of the memorial are the figures of his widow and children. Lady Stanley is seated in the middle with their four surviving sons on her right, five surviving daughters on her left and three children who had died at a young age at her knee and on her lap. A memorial tablet to John Constantine Stanley, who died in 1878, is by Joseph Boehm.[12] The chancel contains a monument to Rev. Edward Shipton, rector of the church from 1625 to 1630.

[his daughter] Lucy Anne Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley and Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

Royal Ancestors of John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 1766-1850

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis "Lion" VIII King France

Ancestors of John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 1766-1850

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Stanley 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

GrandFather: Edward Stanley 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Father: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England