Biography of John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 1766-1850

On 26th November 1766 John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley was born to [his father] John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet (age 31).

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

In 1801 [his daughter] Isabella Louisa Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 34) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 13th November 1802 [his son] William Owen Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 35) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley. He married 1832 Ellin Williams.

On 13th November 1802 [his son] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 35) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley. He married 7th October 1826 Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury, daughter of Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon, and had issue.

In 1806 [his daughter] Matilda Abigail Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 39) and [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley. She married before 30th November 1831 Henry John Adeane and had issue.

On 30th May 1821 [his father-in-law] John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 85) died. He was buried at Sheffield Family Mausoleum Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Fletching. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 2nd Viscount Pevensey, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire.

On 7th October 1826 [his son] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 18) were married.

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

On 29th November 1827 [his father] John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet (age 92) died. His son John (age 61) succeeded 7th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire. [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley by marriage Lady Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.

Before 30th November 1831 [his son-in-law] Henry John Adeane (age 42) and [his daughter] Matilda Abigail Stanley (age 25) were married.

In 1832 [his son] William Owen Stanley (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Ellin Williams were married.

Before 18th January 1832 [his brother-in-law] George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd 2nd Earl Sheffield (age 29) and Harriet Lascelles Countess Sheffield (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath. She the daughter of Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood (age 64) and Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield and Anne North Countess Sheffield (age 71).

In 1837 [his brother] Bishop Edward Stanley (age 57) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.

In 1839 John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 72) was created 1st Baron Stanley Alderley. [his wife] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

In 1839 [his daughter] Isabella Louisa Stanley (age 38) died.

On 6th September 1849 [his brother] Bishop Edward Stanley (age 70) died.

On 28th July 1850 [his daughter] Matilda Abigail Stanley (age 44) died.

On 23rd October 1850 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 daughter-in-law] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 42) by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.

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

[his daughter] Lucy Anne Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley and Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley [Map]. The chancel contains memorials to the Lords Stanley of Alderley. The memorial to 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 [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.