Baron Stanley of Alderley
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Baron Stanley of Alderley, in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1839 for Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet, of Alderley Hall. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron, who was a prominent Liberal politician. Two years prior to succeeding his father, in 1848, he had been created Baron Eddisbury, of Winnington in the County Palatine of Chester, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1909 the latter's son, the fourth Baron Stanley of Alderley, succeeded to the Barony of Sheffield and became the 4th Baron Sheffield as well. The three Baronies remain united.
The Baronetcy, of Alderley Hall in the County of Chester, had been created in the Baronetage of England in 1660 for the barrister Thomas Stanley. He was a descendant of Hon. Sir John Stanley, third son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (whose son was created Earl of Derby in 1485). The first Baron Stanley of Alderley was a great-great-great-grandson of the first Baronet.
Stanley Baronets, of Alderley Hall (1660)
- Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Baronet, of Alderley Hall (1597-1672)
- Sir Peter Stanley, 2nd Baronet, of Alderley Hall (1626-1683)
- Sir Thomas Stanley, 3rd Baronet, of Alderley Hall (1652-1721)
- Sir James Stanley, 4th Baronet, of Alderley Hall (d. 1747)
- Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Baronet, of Alderley Hall (d. 1755)
- Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Baronet, of Alderley Hall (1735-1807)
- Sir John Thomas Stanley, 7th Baronet, of Alderley Hall (1766-1850) (created Baron Stanley of Alderley in 1839)
Barons Stanley of Alderley (1839)
- John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley (1766-1850)
- Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802-1869)
- Henry Edward John Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1827-1903)
- Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (1839-1925)
- Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (1875-1931)
- Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (1907-1971)
- Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley, 7th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (1915-1971)
- Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 8th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (b. 1927)