Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Stanley of Alderley PC |
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Lord Stanley of Alderley, 1856.
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 31 March 1855 – 21 February 1858 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | Edward Cardwell |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Warner Henley |
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In office 17 August 1860 – 26 June 1866 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Elgin |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Montrose |
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| Born | 13 November 1802 |
| Died | 16 June 1869 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Whig Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Hon. Henrietta Dillon (1807–1895) |
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley PC (13 November 1802 – 16 June 1869), known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician.
Stanley was the son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, and Lady Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield.
Stanley entered the House of Commons as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Hindon in 1831 and was later member for North Cheshire between 1832 and 1841, and between 1847 and 1848. He served under Lord Melbourne as Patronage Secretary to the Treasury from 1835 to 1841, as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1841 and as Paymaster-General in 1841 and under Lord John Russell as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1846 and 1852. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1841 and in 1848, two years before he succeeded to the barony of Stanley, he was created Baron Eddisbury, of Winnington in the County Palatine of Chester.
Stanley was President of the Board of Trade under Lord Palmerston from 1855 to 1858, and Postmaster-General under Palmerston and then Lord John Russell from 1860 to 1866. In 1861 he established the Post Office Savings Bank.
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