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James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, KG (31 January 1607 – 15 October 1651) was an English nobleman, politician, and supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Before inheriting the title in 1642 he was known as Lord Strange . [ 1 ]
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (c. 1435 –1504) Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1477–1521) Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (c. 1508 – 1572) Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531–1593) Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1559–1594) William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (bef. 1584–1642) James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607 ...
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby; James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby; Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby; William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby; James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby; Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby; Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby; Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby; Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; Edward ...
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607–1651), Lord of Mann and Earl of Derby; James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736), British peer and politician; James Stanley (American football) (born 1978), American football player and coach; James Stanley (bishop) (c. 1465–1515), Bishop of Ely 1506–1515
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby; William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire; E. Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; H. James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton; M.
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was the leading Royalist adherent in the northwest of England when the civil war broke out in 1642. The family seat of the Stanleys was Lathom House . In 1643, the Earl of Derby was ordered by King Charles to fortify the Isle of Man against a possible Scottish invasion, and then move on to the northern campaign.
In 1594 William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561-1642), following the death of his elder brother the 5th Earl of Derby, incorrectly assumed the title Baron Strange (created in 1299) (see above). In 1628 his son and heir apparent, James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration as Lord Strange ...
The major Royalist figure in Lancashire was James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. He was slow to take measures to secure the county at the start of the civil war in 1642, and after setbacks the following year, including two failed attempts to capture Bolton, he temporarily abandoned the contest in Lancashire to secure the other area in which he ...