Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury 1907-1971

Paternal Family Tree: Stanley

On 9th October 1907 Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury was born to Arthur Stanley 5th Baron Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Eddisbury [aged 32].

On 3rd February 1927 Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper [aged 26] and [his future wife] Sylvia Hawkes Baroness Stanley [aged 22] were married. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 57] and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 51].

On 28th November 1934 Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper [aged 34] and [his future wife] Sylvia Hawkes Baroness Stanley [aged 30] were divorced after she began an affair with American actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr, who was named as co-respondent in the petition for divorce.

Before 18th January 1944 Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury [aged 36] and Victoria Audrey Chetwynd-Talbot [aged 33] were married.

On 18th January 1944 Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury [aged 36] and Sylvia Hawkes Baroness Stanley [aged 39] were married. She by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

In 1948 Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury [aged 40] and Sylvia Hawkes Baroness Stanley [aged 43] were divorced.

Before 18th December 1952 [his brother-in-law] John Chetwynd-Talbot 21st Earl of Shrewsbury 6th Earl Talbot [aged 38] and Nina Mortlock Countess Shrewsbury, Waterford and Talbot were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess Waterford, Countess Talbot.

On 3rd March 1971 Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury [aged 63] died. His brother Lyulph [aged 55] succeeded 7th Baron Stanley Alderley, 7th Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon, 6th Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 13th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

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On 29th June 1977 [his former wife] Sylvia Hawkes Baroness Stanley [aged 73] died.

In 1994 [his former wife] Victoria Audrey Chetwynd-Talbot [aged 83] died.

Royal Ancestors of Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury 1907-1971

Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of John II King Aragon

Ancestors of Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury 1907-1971

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 16 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lewis Way

Great x 3 Grandmother: Abigail Way Countess Sheffield

Grandfather: Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury 5 x Great Grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dillon 11th Viscount Dillon 21 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon 2 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Lee Viscountess Dillon Great Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave Great Grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phipps 2 x Great Granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

father: Arthur Stanley 5th Baron Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Eddisbury 6 x Great Grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Isaac Lowthian Bell 1st Baronet

Grandmother: Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Lee Pattinson

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Pattinson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Phoebe Walton

Edward Stanley 6th Baron Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 5th Baron Eddisbury 7 x Great Grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland