Biography of Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 1802-1869

In 1796 [his father] John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 29) and [his mother] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 60) and [his grandmother] Abigail Way Countess Sheffield.

On 13 Nov 1802 Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 35) and Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 07 Oct 1826 Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 23) and Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 18) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 01 Jun 1827 [his step-father] Arthur Charles Legge (age 26) and [his mother] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield and [his grandmother] Abigail Way Countess Sheffield. He the son of George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 66).

On 11 Jul 1827 [his son] Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 24) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 19).

In 1828 [his daughter] Alice Margaret Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 25) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 20).

On 03 Jul 1830 [his daughter] Henrietta Blanche Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 27) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 22).

On 04 May 1833 [his daughter] Mauda Alethea Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 30) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 25) at Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map].

On 30 Sep 1837 [his son] John Constantine Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 34) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 29).

On 16 May 1839 [his son] Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 36) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 31).

On 16 Sep 1843 [his son] Algernon Charles Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 40) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 35).

Around 1844 [his daughter] Katherine Louisa Stanley was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 41) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 36).

On 20 Feb 1845 [his daughter] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle was born to Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 42) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 37) at Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia.

In 1848 Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 45) was created 1st Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire. [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 40) by marriage Baroness Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire.

On 23 Oct 1850 [his father] John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 83) died. His son Edward (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baron Stanley Alderley, 8th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire. [his wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 42) by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 23 Sep 1851 [his son-in-law] David Ogilvy 10th Earl of Airlie (age 25) and [his daughter] Henrietta Blanche Stanley (age 21) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 03 Feb 1853 [his son-in-law] Augustus Henry Fox Pitt-Rivers (age 25) and [his daughter] Alice Margaret Stanley (age 25) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1862 [his son] Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury (age 34) and [his daughter-in-law] Fabia San Roman of Seville were married. The first of three ceremonies of which the first two transpired to be bigamous. He a great x 5 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1863 [his mother] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley died.

In 1864 [his son-in-law] George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle (age 20) and [his daughter] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle (age 18) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 08 Nov 1864 [his son-in-law] John Russell (age 21) and [his daughter] Katherine Louisa Stanley (age 20) were married. They had four children, including a stillborn daughter. He the son of John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 72) and Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Russell (age 48). He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 16 Jun 1869 Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 66) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Stanley Alderley, 2nd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 9th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

On 16 Feb 1895 [his former wife] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 87) died.

St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley [Map]. The chancel contains memorials to the Lords Stanley of Alderley. The memorial to [his father] John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley contains his effigy dressed in peer's robes lying under a canopy with his hand on a book, dated 1856 and by Richard Westmacott. On the other side of the chancel is a memorial to his son Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury, his effigy holding a scroll in his hand and with a dog at his feet. Engraved in brass on the side of the memorial are the figures of his widow and children. Lady Stanley is seated in the middle with their four surviving sons on her right, five surviving daughters on her left and three children who had died at a young age at her knee and on her lap. A memorial tablet to John Constantine Stanley, who died in 1878, is by Joseph Boehm.[12] The chancel contains a monument to Rev. Edward Shipton, rector of the church from 1625 to 1630.