Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Stanley, Edward John

by Joseph Foster

Stanley, Edward John, 1s. John Thomas, of Alderney, Cheshire, baronet. Christ Church, matric. 18 Jan., 1822, aged 19; B.A. 1825, 2nd Lord Stanley of Alderley, M.P. Hindon 1831-2, North Cheshire 1832-41, 1847-8, Colonial under-secretary 1833, Home under-secretary 1834, patronage secretary 1835-41, paymaster-general 1841, Foreign under-secretary 1846, created Lord Eddisbury 12 May, 1848, president Board of Trade 1855-8, postmaster-general 1860, died 16 June, 1869. See Foster's Peerage & Eton School Lists.