Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Derby KG PC FRS |
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| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 6 July 1866 – 9 December 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Clarendon |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Clarendon |
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In office 21 February 1874 – 2 April 1878 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Earl Granville |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
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| Born | 21 July 1826 |
| Died | 21 April 1893 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Mary Sackville-West (d. 1900) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby KG PC FRS (21 July 1826 – 21 April 1893), known as Lord Stanley from 1851 to 1869, was a British statesman. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice, from 1866 to 1868 and from 1874 to 1878.
He was born to Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who led the Conservative Party from 1846–1868 and served as Prime Minister three times, and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham, daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale, and was the older brother of Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby. The Stanleys were one of the richest landowning families in England. Lord Stanley, as he was styled before acceding to the earldom, was educated at Eton, Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a first in classics and became a member of the society known as the Cambridge Apostles.
In March 1848 he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Lancaster, and then made a long tour in the West Indies, Canada and the United States. During his absence he was elected member for King's Lynn, which he represented till October 1869, when he succeeded to the peerage. He took his place, as a matter of course, among the Conservatives, and delivered his maiden speech in May 1850 on the sugar duties. Just before, he had made a very brief tour in Jamaica and South America. In 1852 he went to India, and while travelling in that country he was appointed under-secretary for foreign affairs in his father's first administration. On 11 March 1853, he was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia.
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