Count de Derby

The title of count de Derby was created for the first time in the Pairie of England in 1139 by Etienne of England for the Ferrers family. It is confiscated with the 6th count to have plotted against Henri III. In 1337, it is recreated for the family of Henri III, then attached to the crown at the time of the accession to the throne of Henri IV. It is again created for the Stanley family in 1485.

The count of Derby holds the subsidiary titles of baron Stanley de Bickerstaffe in the palatine county of Lancaster (1844), and baron Stanley de Preston of the same county (1886).

The Titer of courtesy of the heir apparent to the count is Lord Stanley .

Several successive generations counts Stanley, with other family members, were prominent members of the conservative party.

The count of Derby has Knowsley Hall and the castle of Greenhalgh. Some were lords of Man, i.e. of the island of Man. For this reason, they had the right to emit their own currency, of which the coins represent an eagle and a child, the weapons of the family of Derby.

History of the title

August 1st

The 3rd count, Guillaume de Ferrières, married Sybil de Braose. He united with the revolt of wire of the king Henri II in 1173. He was imprisoned with confiscated Caen and his titles. He died in crusade in 1190 during the Siège of Saint-Jean-in Acre. His/her son probably obtained the restoration of the titles of his father in 1199, at the time of the accession to the throne of Jean.

The first creation (1138)

1138 - 1139 : Robert de Ferrières (towards 1062 - 1139) ;
1139 - 1160 : Robert de Ferrières († before 1160). Wire of the precedent ;
1160 - 1173 : Guillaume de Ferrières († 1190). Wire of the precedent ;

Title suspended for rebellion.

1199 ?- 1247 : William de Ferrières († 1247). Wire of the precedent ;
1247 - 1254 : Guillaume de Ferrières († 1254). Wire of the precedent ;
1254 - 1266 : Robert de Ferrières (1239 - 1279). Wire of the precedent.

Title confiscated for rebellion in 1266.

The second creation (1337)

1337 - 1361 : Henry de Grosmont († 1361), Count de Lancastre, Leicester (1345), and Lincoln (1349), Duke of Lancaster (1351). Wire of the precedent ;
1361 - 1399 : Jean of Ghent (1340 - 1399), count de Lancastre, Leicester, Richmond, and Lincoln, duke of Lancaster. Son-in-law of the precedent ;
1399 : Henry Bolingbroke (1367 - 1413), count de Lancastre, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, duke of Lancaster and Hereford. Became Henri IV of England in 1399. Wire of the precedent.

Title attached to the crown.

The third creation (1485)

1485 - 1504 : Thomas Stanley (towards 1435 - 1504), Lord large constable of England ;
1504 - 1521 : Thomas Stanley (1477 - before 1521), lord of the island of Man ;
1521 - 1572 : Edward Stanley (towards 1508 - 1572), lord of the island of Man ;
1572 - 1593 : Henry Stanley (1531 - 1593), lord of the island of Man ;
1593 - 1594 : Ferdinando Stanley (1559 - 1594), baron Mohun and baron Strange, lord of the island of Man ;
1594 - 1642 : William Stanley (before 1584 - 1642) ;
1642 - 1651 : James Stanley (1607 - 1651), baron Strange, lord of the island of Man ;
1651 - 1672 : Charles Stanley (1628 - 1672), lord of the island of Man ;
1672 - 1702 : William Richard George Stanley (1655 - 1702), lord of the island of Man ;
1702 - 1736 : James Stanley (1664 - 1736), lord of the island of Man ;
1736 - 1776 : Edward Stanley (1689 - 1776) ;
1776 - 1834 : Edward Smith-Stanley (1752 - 1834) ;
1834 - 1851 : Edward Smith-Stanley (1775 - 1851), baron Stanley de Bickerstaffe ;
1851 - 1869 : Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley (1799 - 1869), baron Stanley de Bickerstaffe. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to three recoveries ;
1869 - 1893 : Edward Henry Stanley (1826 - 1893), secretary in various governments ;
1893 - 1908 : Frederick Arthur Stanley (1841 - 1908), baron Stanley de Preston, General governor of Canada, Secretary of State to the war ;
1908 - 1948 : Edward George Villiers Stanley (1865 - 1948), Secretary of State to the war ;
1948 - 1994 : Edward John Stanley (1918 - 1994) ;
since 1994 : Edward Richard William Stanley (born in 1962).

Heir apparent : Edward John Robin Stanley (born in 1998), Lord Stanley.

References

Short history of the family Ferrers

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