Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby 1826-1893

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

On 21st July 1826 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby was born to Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby [aged 27] and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby [aged 21].

On 29th April 1847 James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 56] and [his future wife] Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr [aged 55] and [his future mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr [aged 51]. He the son of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

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

Around 1858. George Herbert Watkins [aged 30]. Photograph of Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby [aged 31].

On 31st May 1864 [his brother] Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Constance Villiers Countess Derby [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon [aged 64] and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon [aged 54]. He the son of [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby [aged 65] and [his mother] Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby [aged 59].

On 23rd October 1869 [his father] Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby [aged 70] died. His son Edward [aged 43] succeeded 15th Earl Derby, 9th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe.

In 1870 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby [aged 43] and Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 45] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr [aged 74]. He the son of Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby [aged 65].

On 9th January 1870 [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr [aged 74] died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Reginald [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.

In 1872 Alan Stewart 10th Earl Galloway [aged 36] and [his step-daughter] Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Galloway [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury and [his wife] Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 47]. He the son of Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway [aged 72] and Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway [aged 60]. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1873 Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway [aged 73] died. His son Alan [aged 37] succeeded 10th Earl Galloway, 9th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 8th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. [his step-daughter] Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Galloway [aged 22] by marriage Countess Galloway.

On 23rd April 1873 [his brother-in-law] Charles Sackville-West 6th Earl De La Warr [aged 57] committed suicide by drowning himself in the River Cam. His brother Reginald [aged 56] succeeded 7th Earl De La Warr, 7th Viscount Cantalupe, 13th Baron De La Warr. Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane Countess De La Warr [aged 27] by marriage Countess De La Warr.

On 26th April 1876 [his mother] Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby [aged 71] died.

In 1884 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby [aged 57] was appointed 781st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 64].

On 21st April 1893 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby [aged 66] died at Knowsley, Lancashire. His brother Frederick [aged 52] succeeded 16th Earl Derby, 10th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. Constance Villiers Countess Derby [aged 53] by marriage Countess Derby.

On 6th December 1900 [his former wife] Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 76] died.