Mauda Alethea Stanley 1832-1915

On 7th October 1826 [her father] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury [aged 23] and [her mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury [aged 18] were married.

On 4th May 1833 Mauda Alethea Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury [aged 30] and Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury [aged 25] at Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map].

On 23rd October 1850 [her grandfather] John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley [aged 83] died. His son [her father] Edward [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Baron Stanley Alderley, 8th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire. [her mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

In 1862 [her brother] Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury [aged 34] and [her sister-in-law] Fabia San Roman of Seville were married. The first of three ceremonies of which the first two transpired to be bigamous.

In 1864 [her brother-in-law] George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle [aged 20] and [her sister] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle [aged 18] were married.

On 16th June 1869 [her father] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury [aged 66] died. His son [her brother] Henry [aged 41] succeeded 3rd Baron Stanley Alderley, 2nd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 9th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

On 6th February 1873 [her brother] Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury [aged 33] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley were married.

In 1880 Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 46] established the Girls Club Union which became London Youth.

In 1884 Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 50] became manager of the Metropolitan Asylums Board

On 29th March 1889 William George Howard 8th Earl Carlisle [aged 81] died unmarried. His nephew [her brother-in-law] George [aged 45] succeeded 9th Earl Carlisle. [her sister] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle [aged 44] by marriage Countess Carlisle.

In 1890 Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 56] wrote Clubs for Working Girls, the first text about young women's clubs, and took a lifelong interest in the welfare of working teenage girls.

In 1892 Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 58] became governor of the Borough Polytechnic.

Before 1895 Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 61] lived with her mother Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury [aged 87] until her death in 1895.

On 16th February 1895 [her mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury [aged 87] died.

On 10th December 1903 Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury [aged 76] died. He was buried according to Muslim rites in unconsecrated ground in the garden of the Dower House on his family's estate, Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map]. His brother Edward [aged 64] succeeded 4th Baron Stanley Alderley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 10th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

On 21st April 1909 Henry Holroyd 3rd Earl Sheffield [aged 77] died unmarried. Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, Viscount Pevensey, Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath and Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire extinct. His half first cousin once removed [her brother] Edward [aged 69] succeeded 4th Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon.

After 1915. Memorial to Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 81] at the Stanley Mausoleum, St Mary's Church [Map]. Possibly designed by Robert Stodart Lorimer [aged 50].

Robert Stodart Lorimer: On 4th November 1864 he was born to James Lorimer and Hannah Stodart in Edinburgh. On 13th September 1929 he died.

On 14th July 1915 Mauda Alethea Stanley [aged 82] died at Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map] of a heart condition. Her funeral was held on 16th July 1915. A memorial service was subsequently held at St John's Church to which Queen Mary [aged 48] and Queen Alexandra [aged 70] sent representatives. Queen Alexandra's wreath was inscribed with: "In memory of dear Miss Stanley and all her many good works. From her devoted Alexandra".