Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893), Politician and diarist
Sitter in 51 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 William Walker
bromide print, circa 1867
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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 Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1881 or before
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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 Unknown photographer
albumen print
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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
printed by T. 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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Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (father)
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (brother)
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Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
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Derbyshire
India
