Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Stanley of Alderley KCMG |
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| 14th Governor of Victoria | |
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In office 23 February 1914 – 30 January 1920 |
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| Monarch | King George V |
| Preceded by | Sir John Fuller, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Stradbroke |
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14 September 1875 London, England, UK |
| Died | 22 August 1931 (aged 55) London, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon |
| Children | Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley |
Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley KCMG (14 September 1875 – 22 August 1931), also 5th Baron Sheffield and 4th Baron Eddisbury, was an English nobleman and Governor of Victoria from 1914 to 1920.
Stanley was the second child and first son of Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley and Mary Katherine Bell. On 29 August 1905 he married Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon. They had five children:
Stanley was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford where obtained a BA in 1898. In 1902 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. In 1904 he became a London County Councillor and in 1906 became Liberal Member of Parliament for Eddisbury in Cheshire near the family seat. Whilst an MP he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Postmaster General serving under Sydney Buxton. His sister, Venetia Stanley, was a close correspondent of the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party, H. H. Asquith.
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