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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

(1826-1893), Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and diarist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Sitter 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.

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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 - NPG D35125

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
NPG D35125

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 - NPG D6836

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
NPG D6836

The House of Commons, 1860, by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after  John Phillip - NPG D1396

The House of Commons, 1860

by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
NPG D1396

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by William Holl Jr, after  George Richmond - NPG D20680

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1863 or after
NPG D20680

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, printed by Thomas Brooker, published by  B. Brooks & Sons - NPG D35126

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

printed by Thomas Brooker, published by B. Brooks & Sons
stipple engraving, published 20 March 1878
NPG D35126

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, printed by The Pictorial World, published by  Riddle & Couchman, after  Fradelle - NPG D35128

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

printed by The Pictorial World, published by Riddle & Couchman, after Fradelle
chromolithograph, published 14 April 1883
NPG D35128

"The Cabinet Council, 1883" (Gladstone and 13 colleagues)

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 November 1883
NPG D44149

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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax38695

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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x13387

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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x26557

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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1881 or before
NPG x28067

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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG x13384

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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Unknown photographer
woodburytype
NPG x28068

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