James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby 1607-1651

Paternal Family Tree: Stanley

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Fitzwilliam 1504-1588

On 26th January 1595 [his father] William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby [aged 34] and [his mother] Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 55]. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 31st January 1607 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby was born to William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby [aged 46] and Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 31] at Knowsley, Lancashire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1626 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt [aged 59] (attributed). Portrait of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 18].

English Coronation of Charles I

                    On 2nd February 1626 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 25] was crowned I King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop George Abbott [aged 63]. His wife Henrietta Maria [aged 16] was not crowned since she being Catholic refused to attend an Anglican service. She watched Charles at a discreet distance.
                
                    Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex [aged 52] carried the Orb.
                
                    Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 3] bore the Second Sword of State.
                
                    Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 41] carried the Spurs.
                
                    Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 48] bore the Rod with the Dove.
                
                    William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 8], James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 19], James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 6], Roger Palmer [aged 49] and Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 24], John Maynard [aged 34] were appointed Knight of the Bath.
                
                    John Rayney 1st Baronet [aged 25] was knighted.

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On 26th June 1626 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 19] and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin. She the daughter of Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars and Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau [aged 46]. He the son of William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby [aged 65] and Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 50].

In 1627 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 19] was appointed Lord Mann.

On 10th March 1627 [his mother] Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 51] died at Richmond, Surrey [Map]. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 19th January 1628 [his son] Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 20] and [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 28]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. He married before 1655 Dorothea Helena Kirkoven Countess Derby, daughter of Jehan Lord of Heenvliet and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield, and had issue.

On 7th March 1628 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 21] was created 1st Baron Strange Knockin.

On 17th November 1630 [his daughter] Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 30]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married 27th February 1654 her fourth cousin William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford, son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford and Arabella Holles.

In 1633 [his daughter] Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 25] and [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 33]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married 5th May 1659 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl, son of John Murray 1st Earl Atholl and Jean Campbell Countess Atholl, and had issue.

Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 35]. Portrait of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 27] and [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 35] and their daughter.

On 7th January 1639 [his son] Edward Stanley was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 31] and [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 39]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1640 Cornelius Janssens aka Johnson [aged 46]. Portrait of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 32]. Tabley House.

On 18th October 1640 [his son] William Stanley was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 33] and [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 40]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 29th September 1642 [his father] William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby [aged 81] died. His son James [aged 35] succeeded 7th Earl Derby. [his wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 42] by marriage Countess Derby.

In 1650 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 42] was appointed 452nd Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 19].

1651 Manx Rebellion

Between September 1651 and November 1651 a rebellion against the Royalist leader of the Isle of Man James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 44] who had been captured at the Battle of Worcester. His wife Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 51] resisted the rebels with the aid of Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet [aged 44] and Illiam Dhone (her husband's Receiver General). The Countess eventually surrendered after hearing of her husband's death. Illiam Dhone changed sides and worked with Parliamentarian soldiers to achieve a bloodless coup. Illiam Dhone was eventually arrested by the Earl's son Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and executed by firing squad at Hango Hill on 2nd January 1663.

On 15th October 1651 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby [aged 44] died. His son Charles [aged 23] succeeded 8th Earl Derby, 2nd Baron Strange Knockin.

On 31st March 1664 [his former wife] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 64] died.

[his daughter] Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married September 1652 her fifth cousin once removed Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester, son of Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint.

[his daughter] Charlotte Stanley was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

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[his son] Two sons Stanley was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Ancestors of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby 1607-1651

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Derby 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Grandfather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Howard Countess Derby 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Tilney

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk

Father: William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne St John Baroness Clifford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Grandmother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 13 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland Great Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke

Great x 1 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trussell

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Trussell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Golding

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tonge

Mother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Cooke

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Banbury in Oxfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Spencer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby 1607-1651