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Biography of William Owen Stanley 1802-1884

Paternal Family Tree: Stanley

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 13th November 1802 William Owen Stanley was born to John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 35) and Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley.

On 1st June 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).

In 1832 William Owen Stanley (age 29) and Ellin Williams were married.

In 1837 William Owen Stanley (age 34) was elected MP Anglesey.

In 1850 William Owen Stanley (age 47) was elected MP City of Chester.

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

In 1857 William Owen Stanley (age 54) was elected MP Beaumaris.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 2nd March 1869 William Owen Stanley (age 66) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey.

On 24th February 1884 William Owen Stanley (age 81) died. Monument in the Stanley Chapel, St Cybi's Church, Holyhead [Map] sculpted by William Hamo Thornycroft (age 33).

Royal Ancestors of William Owen Stanley 1802-1884

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Owen Stanley 1802-1884

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Stanley 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Father: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

William Owen Stanley 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Mother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley

Great x 1 Grandfather: Lewis Way

GrandMother: Abigail Way Countess Sheffield