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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, by Maull & Polyblank - NPG Ax7308

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published August 1858
NPG Ax7308

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by Caldesi, Blanford & Co - NPG Ax16249

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax16249

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by William Walker & Sons - NPG Ax68044

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax68044

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by William Walker & Sons - NPG Ax68045

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax68045

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by William Walker & Sons - NPG Ax9865

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax9865

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by William Walker & Sons - NPG Ax68162

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax68162

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by Henry Joseph Whitlock - NPG Ax17762

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
NPG Ax17762

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, by Henry Joseph Whitlock - NPG x17116

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
NPG x17116

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