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     Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby was born on 21 April 1918.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan.¹ He married Lady Isabel Milles-Lade, daughter of Hon. Henry Augustus Milles and Esther Benyon, on 22 July 1948.¹ He died on 28 November 1994 at age 76, without issue.¹
     Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Stanley of Preston, co. Lancaster [U.K., 1886] in 1936.¹ He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe, co. Lancaster [U.K., 1832] in 1936.¹ He succeeded to the title of 12th Baronet Stanley, of Bickerstaffe, co. Lancs [E., 1627] in 1936.¹ He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Grenadier Guards.¹ He was decorated with the award of Military Cross (M.C.) in 1944.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Lancashire between 1946 and 1951.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1947 in the service of the King's Regiment, Territorial Army.¹ He was Colonel of the 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, King's Regiment between 1947 and 1951.¹ He succeeded to the title of 18th Earl of Derby [E., 1485] on 4 February 1948.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Liverpool College, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, in 1949.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, in 1949.¹ He was Colonel of the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment (TAVR) between 1951 and 1967.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire between 1951 and 1968.¹ He was Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Liverpool Scottish, Territorial Army in 1964.¹ He held the office of Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University between 1964 and 1971.¹ He was Colonel of the 1st and 2nd Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers, Territorial Army between 1967 and 1975.¹ He was a director of Martins Bank.¹ He held the office of Constable of Lancaster Castle between 1972 and 1994.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (C.St.J.).¹

     Richard Oliver Stanley was born on 29 January 1920.² He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan.² He married, firstly, Susan Mary Fynvola Aubrey-Fletcher, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Bt. and Diana Mary Fynvola Egerton, on 5 January 1965.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Tylor, daughter of Major Vyvian Alfred Tylor, after 1976.² He died in November 1983 at age 63, without issue.¹
     Richard Oliver Stanley was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Grenadier Guards.² He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for North Fylde between 1950 and 1966.² He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary between 1951 and 1955, to the First Lord of the Admiralty.² He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the service of the 9th manchester Regiment.²

     Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley was born on 26 October 1926.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan.¹ He married Mary Rose Birch, daughter of Charles Francis Birch and Catherine Alice Anne John, on 7 November 1961.¹ He died on 8 December 1971 at age 45.¹
     Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Grenadier Guards.¹ He was registered as a Qualified Associate, Chartered Land Agents' Society (Q.A.L.A.S.).¹ He was registered as a Associate, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (A.R.I.C.S.).¹

     Mary Rose Birch is the daughter of Charles Francis Birch and Catherine Alice Anne John.^2,3 She married, firstly, Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley, son of Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan, on 7 November 1961.¹ She married, secondly, A. William Spiegelberg, son of F. E. F. Spiegelberg, in July 1973.¹
     Mary Rose Birch usually went by her middle name of Rose.¹ Her married name became Stanley. From July 1973, her married name became Spiegelberg.¹ She lived in 2003 at Oulton Park House, Tarporley, Cheshire, England.¹

     Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby was born on 10 October 1962.¹ He is the son of Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley and Mary Rose Birch.¹ He married Hon. Caroline Emma Neville, daughter of Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke and Robin Helen Brockhoff, on 21 October 1995 at Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.^2,3
     Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1982 in the service of the Grenadier Guards.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He was a merchant banker with Robert Fleming & Company between 1987 and 2001.¹ He succeeded to the title of 13th Baronet Stanley, of Bickerstaffe, co. Lancs [E., 1627] on 28 November 1994.⁴ He succeeded to the title of 19th Earl of Derby [E., 1485] on 28 November 1994.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Stanley of Preston, co. Lancaster [U.K., 1886] on 28 November 1994.⁴ He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe, co. Lancaster [U.K., 1832] on 28 November 1994.⁴ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Merseyside in 1999.¹

     Hon. Peter Hugh Charles Stanley was born on 4 March 1964.¹ He is the son of Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley and Mary Rose Birch.¹ He married Hon. Frances Caroline Burke Roche, daughter of Edmund James Burke Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy and Lavinia Frances Elizabeth Pitman, in 1990.¹
     Hon. Peter Hugh Charles Stanley was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He lived in 2003 at New England Stud, Newmarket, Suffolk, England.¹

     Susan Mary Fynvola Aubrey-Fletcher was born on 21 February 1940.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Bt. and Diana Mary Fynvola Egerton.¹ She married Richard Oliver Stanley, son of Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan, on 5 January 1965.¹ She died on 29 February 1976 at age 36, found dead in her bath.^1,2
     Her married name became Stanley.

     Kenneth Francis Douthwaite married Mary Daubney Telfer, daughter of Ian Metcalfe Telfer and Hon. Laetitia Mary Bruce, in 1990.¹

     Matthew Geoffrey Ian Douthwaite was born in 1991.¹ He is the son of Kenneth Francis Douthwaite and Mary Daubney Telfer.¹

     Christopher Robert Douthwaite was born in 1993.¹ He is the son of Kenneth Francis Douthwaite and Mary Daubney Telfer.¹