Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
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Image:Time-magazine-cover-egv-stanley.jpg The Right Honourable Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (4 April 1865–4 February 1948) was an English politician around the turn of the 20th century.
He was the son of the 16th Earl of Derby. Educated at Wellington, he joined the Grenadier Guards as a lieutenant, and served in that regiment between 1885 and 1895. He also served as Secretary of State for War (two separate times) and Ambassador to France. He married Lady Alice Maude Olivia Montagu, daughter of the 7th Duke of Manchester; they had three children together. Two of them, Edward and Oliver, achieved the rare distinction of sitting in the same Cabinet between May and October 1938 until Edward's death.
He served as honorary president of the Rugby Football League, and donated a cup for the French authorities to use for a knock-out competition. This is now known as the Lord Derby Cup. He was also, from 1929 to 1945, the chairman of the Pilgrims Society, becoming their president, until his death in 1948.
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