Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
(1826-1893), Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and diarist; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter in 57 portraits
A statesman whose father served as Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Although Stanley was more liberal than his father, he was elected a Tory MP in 1848. He remained in the Conservative Party until 1880 when he changed his allegiance and joined the Liberal Party. In his father's second administration he held the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies before becoming President of the Board of Control. He was responsible for the India Bill of 1858 in the House of Commons, and was appointed the first Secretary of State for India. The publication of his diaries after nearly a century furnished historians with one of the richest sources for his age.
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Samuel Laurence
chalk
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by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published August 1858
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 1858
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1865
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Thomas McLean & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by and published by William Walker
albumen print, published 1867
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Samuel Alexander Walker
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868 or before
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870?
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870?
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870?
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870?
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'The Man We All Have Confidence In'
by Enoch Steele, after W.R.S.
albumen carte-de-visite, 1874?
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by A.J. (Arthur James) Melhuish
woodburytype, circa 1875
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by A.J. (Arthur James) Melhuish
woodburytype, circa 1875
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by A.J. (Arthur James) Melhuish
woodburytype on programme page, published 27 February 1875
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published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
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published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
woodburytype, published 1881
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by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1891
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1891
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by York & Son, after Unknown photographer
glass lantern slide, 1890s (before 1893)
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby and Lady Emma Charlotte Talbot (née Stanley) as children
by William Derby
pencil, 1840s (before 1847)
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby when Lord Stanley
by W. Joseph Edwards, published by James Sprent Virtue, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, 1861 or before
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby when Lord Stanley
by W. Joseph Edwards, published by James Sprent Virtue, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, 1861 or before
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1863 or after
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by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 June 1869
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Faustin Betbeder ('Faustin')
chromolithograph, 1874
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by 'Pet'
chromolithograph, published 1877
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
printed by Thomas Brooker, published by B. Brooks & Sons
stipple engraving, published 20 March 1878
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Léopold Lowenstam
etching, 1880s-1890s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
printed by The Pictorial World, published by Riddle & Couchman, after Fradelle
chromolithograph, published 14 April 1883
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"The Cabinet Council, 1883" (Gladstone and 13 colleagues)
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 November 1883
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1881 or before
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
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Related People
- Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (grandfather)
- Charlotte Margaret Stanley (née Hornby), Countess of Derby (grandmother)
- Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (father)
- Emma Caroline Stanley (née Bootle-Wilbraham), Countess of Derby (mother)
- Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (brother)
- Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (nephew)
- Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy (née Stanley) (niece)
- Lady Louisa Emily Long (née Stanley) (aunt)
- Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth Penryhn (née Stanley) (aunt)
- Mary Catherine (née Sackville-West), Marchioness of Salisbury (later Countess of Derby) (wife)
- Hon. Algernon Francis Stanley (nephew)
- Sir Arthur Stanley (nephew)
- Ferdinand Charles Stanley (nephew)
- Hon. Frederick William Stanley (nephew)
- Sir George Frederick Stanley (nephew)
- Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley (uncle)
- Sir Victor Albert Stanley (nephew)
- Lady Emma Charlotte Talbot (née Stanley) (sister)
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