Biography of Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby 1775-1851

On 23rd June 1774 [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 40].

On 21st April 1775 Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby was born to [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 22] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 22].

1776 Angelica Kauffmann [aged 34]. Portrait of [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 23], [his mother] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 22] and their son Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby.

On 22nd February 1776 Edward Stanley 11th Earl of Derby [aged 86] died. His grandson [his father] Edward [aged 23] succeeded 12th Earl Derby, 6th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. [his mother] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 23] by marriage Countess Derby.

On 14th March 1797 [his mother] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 44] died of tuberculosis.

On 1st May 1797 [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 44] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. The marriage taking place six weeks after the death of his estranged wife [his mother] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby.

On 30th June 1798 Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and Charlotte Margaret Hornby Countess Derby were married. He the son of Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 45] and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby.

On 29th March 1799 [his son] Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby was born to Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and [his wife] Charlotte Margaret Hornby Countess Derby. He married 31st May 1825 Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby, daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale, and had issue.

On 29th November 1821 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 21] and [his half-sister] Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Wilton. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 68] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby [aged 62]. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 54] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 51].

On 31st May 1825 Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby [aged 26] and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. He the son of Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby [aged 50] and Charlotte Margaret Hornby Countess Derby.

On 21st October 1834 [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 81] died. His son Edward [aged 59] succeeded 13th Earl Derby, 7th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. [his wife] Charlotte Margaret Hornby Countess Derby by marriage Countess Derby.

In 1839 Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby [aged 63] was appointed 683rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 19].

On 30th June 1851 Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby [aged 76] died. His son Edward [aged 52] succeeded 14th Earl Derby, 8th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe.