Henry Smith-Stanley Explained

The Hon. Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley (9 March 1803 – 2 April 1875) was a British politician. He was MP for Preston 1832–1837.

Smith-Stanley was the son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, and his wife Charlotte Hornby.^[1] Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, three times Prime Minister, was Smith-Stanley's older brother.

He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1821. He transferred to St Mary Hall, Oxford, matriculating in 1826, aged 22.^[2]

He served as a JP and DL, and as MP for Preston 1832–1837.

He died on 2 April 1875.

Family

Smith-Stanley married Anne Woolhouse, daughter of Richard Woolhouse, on 1 September 1835. They had four children:^[1]

• Charlotte Margaret Sidney Anne Stanley (1842–1872)
• Edward Henry Stanley (1838–1877)
• Charles Geoffrey Stanley (1839–1877)
• Henry Edmund Stanley (1840–1867)

Notes and References

1. Web site: thepeerage.com. Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley. 29 January 2020.
2. Alumni Oxonienses. Stanley, Henry Thomas Smith. Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Foster. Joseph. Joseph Foster (genealogist).