Baron Stanley

Not to be confused with Baron Stanley of Alderley.

Stanley's Coat of arms

Baron Stanley is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1456 for Sir Thomas Stanley. His son was created Earl of Derby in 1485 and the titles remained united until the death of the fifth earl, without male heirs in 1594, when the barony became abeyant. On 7 March 1921, the abeyance was terminated in favour of the 12th Countess of Loudoun, but upon her death in 1960, it became abeyant among her daughters.

Barons Stanley (1456)

• Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (d. 1459)
• Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, 2nd Baron Stanley (d. 1504)
• Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, 3rd Baron Stanley (d. 1521)
• Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, 4th Baron Stanley (1509–1572)
• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, 5th Baron Stanley (1531–1593)
• Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, 6th Baron Stanley (1559–1594), abeyant 1594.
• Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun, 7th Baroness Stanley (1883–1960), abeyance terminated 1921, abeyant 1960.

Family tree

Family tree of Dukes, Marquesses, and Earls of Atholl, Earls of Derby, 3rd (Stanley family) creation, and Earls of Dunmore

John Lestrange III d. 1269 Baron Strange (1st creation), of Salop, 1295 John Lestrange IV d. 1276 Roger le Strange d. 1311 1st Baron Strange of Salop Baron Strange (1st creation), of Salop extinct, 1311 Baron Strange (2nd creation), of Knockyn, 1295 John Le Strange V d. 1309 1st Baron Strange of Knockyn Baron Mohun of Dunster, 1299 John Le Strange VI c. 1282–1311 2nd Baron Strange of Knockyn John de Mohun d. 1330 1st Baron Mohun John Le Strange c. 1297–1323 3rd Baron Strange of Knockyn Roger Le Strange 1301–1349 4th Baron Strange of Knockyn John de Mohun d. 1322 Earl of Atholl (4th creation), 1367 Roger Le Strange c. 1327–1382 5th Baron Strange of Knockyn John Mohun 1320–1376 2nd Baron Mohun Robert Stewart 1316–1390 1st Earl of Atholl, Earl of Strathearn, Later King Robert II Earl of Atholl (6th creation), 1403 Earl of Atholl (7th creation), 1404 John Beaufort c. 1373–1410 Earl of Somerset John Le Strange c. 1350–1397 6th Baron Strange of Knockyn Maud Mohun John Stewart c. 1337–1406 2nd Earl of Atholl, Earl of Carrick, Later King Robert III Robert Stewart 1340–1420 Duke of Albany, Earl of Atholl Walter Stewart c. 1360–1437 Earl of Atholl, Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Caithness Earldom of Atholl (4th creation) merged in the crown, 1390 Earldom of Atholl (6th creation) expired, 1406 Earldom of Atholl (7th creation) attainted, 1404 Baron Stanley, 1456 Earl of Atholl (5th creation), 1398 John Beaufort 1401–1444 Duke of Somerset Thomas Stanley c. 1405–1459 1st Baron Stanley, King of Mann Richard Le Strange 1381–1449 7th Baron Strange of Knockyn, 3rd Baron Mohun James Stewart "Black Knight of Lorn" 1399–c. 1451 Joan Beaufort c. 1404–1445 James I 1394–1437 King of Scots David Stewart 1378–1402 Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Atholl, Earl of Carrick Earldom of Atholl (5th creation) extinct, 1402 Earl of Derby (3rd creation), 1485 Earl of Atholl (8th creation), c. 1457 Lord of Balveny, 1460 Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509 Thomas Stanley 1435–1504 1st Earl of Derby, 2nd Baron Stanley, King of Mann John Le Strange c. 1440–1477 8th Baron Strange of Knockyn John Stewart c. 1437–1442–1512 1st Earl of Atholl Henry VII 1457–1509 George Stanley 1460–1503 9th Baron Strange of Knockyn suo uxoris Joan Le Strange c. 1460–1514 9th Baroness Strange of Knockyn suo jure John Stewart c. 1480–c. 1521 2nd Earl of Atholl Mary Tudor 1496–1533 Thomas Stanley 1504–1521 2nd Earl of Derby, 10th Baron Strange of Knockyn, 3rd Baron Stanley, King of Mann John Stewart 1507–1542 3rd Earl of Atholl Eleanor Brandon 1519–1547 Edward Stanley c. 1509–1572 3rd Earl of Derby, 11th Baron Strange of Knockyn, 4th Baron Stanley, Lord of Mann John Stewart "the fair" d. 1579 4th Earl of Atholl Earl of Atholl (9th creation), 1596 Lord Murray of Tullibardine, 1604, Earl of Tullibardine (1st creation) and Lord Murray, Gask and Balquhidder, 1606 Margaret Clifford 1540–1596 Henry Stanley 1531–1593 4th Earl of Derby, 12th Baron Strange of Knockyn, 5th Baron Stanley, Lord of Mann John Stewart 1566–1603 1st Earl of Atholl, 6th Lord Innermeath Marie Ruthven (d. after 1605) John Stewart 1563–1595 5th Earl of Atholl John Murray (c. 1550 – c. 1609) 1st Earl of Tullibardine, etc. Earldom of Atholl (8th creation) extinct, 1595 Earl of Tullibardine (2nd creation), 1628 Ferdinando Stanley 1559–1594 5th Earl of Derby, 13th Baron Strange of Knockyn, 6th Baron Stanley, Lord of Mann William Stanley 1561–1642 6th Earl of Derby, Lord of Mann James Stewart d. 1625 2nd Earl of Atholl Dorothea Stewart William Murray c. 1574–1627 2nd Earl of Tullibardine, etc. Patrick Murray 1578–1644 1st Earl of Tullibardine, etc. Barony of Strange of Knockyn (9th creation) abeyant, 1594 Earldom of Atholl (9th creation) extinct, 1625 Resigned Earldom of Tullibardine and lordships in favour of his brother, 1626 Elizabeth Stanley 1588–1633 Baron Strange (4th creation), 1628 Earl of Atholl (10th creation), 1629 Ferdinando Hastings 1608–1655 6th Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Hastings James Stanley 1607–1651 7th Earl of Derby, 1st Baron Strange (4th creation) John Murray c. 1610–1642 1st Earl of Atholl James Murray 1617–1670 2nd Earl of Tullibardine, etc. Marquess of Atholl, Viscount of Balquhidder, and Lord Murray, Balveny and Gask, 1676 Charles Stanley 1628–1672 8th Earl of Derby, 2nd Baron Strange (4th creation) Amelia Ann Sophia Stanley 1633–1702/03 John Murray 1631–1703 1st Marquess of Atholl, etc., 2nd Earl of Atholl, 3rd Earl of Tullibardine, etc. Earl of Tullibardine, Viscount Glenalmond and Lord Murray, 1696 (for life) Duke of Atholl, Marquess of Tullibardine, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Viscount of Balwhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Lord Murray, Balveny and Gask, 1703 Earl of Dunmore, Viscount of Fincastle, Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet, 1686 Theophilus Hastings 1650–1701 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Hastings William Richard George Stanley c. 1655–1702 9th Earl of Derby, 3rd Baron Strange (4th creation) James Stanley 1664–1736 10th Earl of Derby, 6th Baron Strange (4th creation) John Murray 1660–1724 1st Duke of Atholl, etc., 2nd Marquess of Atholl, etc., Earl of Tullibardine and Viscount Glenalmond and Lord Murray Charles Murray 1661–1710 1st Earl of Dunmore, etc. Theophilus Hastings 1696–1747 9th Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Hastings Henrietta Stanley 1687–1718 4th Baroness Strange (4th creation) William Murray 1689–1746 styled Marquess of Tullibardine James Murray 1690–1764 2nd Duke of Atholl, etc., 7th Baron Strange (4th creation) George Murray 1694–1760 John Murray 1685–1752 2nd Earl of Dunmore, etc. William Murray 1696–1756 3rd Earl of Dunmore, etc. Attainted and excluded from succession Attainted and excluded from succession Elizabeth Rawdon 1731–1808 16th Baroness Botreaux, 15th Baroness Hungerford, 13th Baroness de Moleyns, 13th Baroness Hastings John Rawdon 1720–1793 1st Earl of Moira, 2nd Baron Rawdon, 4th Rawdon Baronet Henrietta Ashburnham c. 1716–1732 5th Baroness Strange (4th creation) Charlotte Murray 1731–1805 8th Baroness Strange (4th creation) John Murray 1729–1774 3rd Duke of Atholl John Murray 1730–1809 4th Earl of Dunmore, etc. Earl Strange and Baron Murray of Stanley, 1786 Baron Dunmore, 1831 Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1754–1826 1st Marquess of Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, 3rd Baron Rawdon, 5th Rawdon Baronet Flora Mure-Campbell 1780–1840 6th Countess of Loudoun John Murray 1755–1830 4th Duke of Atholl, etc., 1st Earl Strange, etc., 9th Baron Strange (4th creation) George Murray 1761–1803 George Murray 1762–1836 5th Earl of Dunmore, etc., 1st Baron Dunmore Alexander Murray 1764–1842 Baron Glenlyon George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1808–1844 2nd Marquess of Hastings 3rd Earl of Moira Earl of Rawdon, 4th Baron Rawdon Barbara Rawdon-Hastings 1810–1858 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn Charlotte Murray 1775–1832 m. Adam Drummond of Megginch John Murray 1778–1846 5th Duke of Atholl, etc., 2nd Earl Strange, etc., 10th Baron Strange (4th creation) James Murray 1782–1837 1st Baron Glenlyon George Murray 1784–1860 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 1833–1874 10th Countess of Loudoun John Drummond 1803–1889 George Augustus Frederick John Murray 1814–1864 6th Duke of Atholl, etc., 3rd Earl Strange, etc., 11th Baron Strange (4th creation), 2nd Baron Glenlyon George Edward Murray 1818–1854 Alexander Edward Murray 1804–1845 6th Earl of Dunmore, etc., 2nd Baron Dunmore Virginius Murray 1817–1861 Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Rawdon-Hastings 1856–1907 Malcolm Drummond 1856–1924 John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray 1840–1917 7th Duke of Atholl, etc., 4th Earl Strange, etc., 12th Baron Strange (4th creation), 3rd Baron Glenlyon George Herbert Murray 1849–1936 Douglas Stuart Murray 1853–1920 Charles Adolphus Murray 1841–1907 7th Earl of Dunmore, etc., 3rd Baron Dunmore Reginald Murray 1846–1925 Baron Stanley abeyance ended, 1921 Baron Strange of Knockyn abeyance ended, 1921 Edith Abney-Hastings 1883–1960 12th Countess of Loudoun Baroness Botreaux, Baroness Hastings, 7th Baroness Stanley Elizabeth Philipps Abney-Hastings 1884–1974 22nd Baroness Hungerford, 20th Baroness de Moleyns, 14th Baroness Strange of Knockyn John George Stewart-Murray 1871–1942 8th Duke of Atholl, etc., 5th Earl Strange, etc., 13th Baron Strange (4th creation), 4th Baron Glenlyon James Thomas Stewart-Murray 1879–1957 9th Duke of Atholl, etc., 6th Earl Strange, etc., 14th Baron Strange (4th creation), 5th Baron Glenlyon George Evelyn Pemberton Murray 1880–1947 George Murray 1884–1940 Alexander Edward Murray 1871–1962 8th Earl of Dunmore, etc., 4th Baron Dunmore Arthur Charles Murray 1882–1964 Earldom of Strange and Baronies of Murray and Glenlyon extinct and Barony of Strange abeyant, 1957 Baron Strange (4th creation) abeyance terminated, 1965 Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps 1917–1991 2nd Viscount St Davids, 23rd Baron Hungerford, 21st Baron de Moleyns, 15th Baron Strange of Knockyn John Drummond 1900–1982 15th Baron Strange (4th creation) George Anthony Murray 1907–1945 Edward David Murray 1908–1940 styled Viscount Fincastle Reginald Arthur Murray 1911–1981 10th Earl of Dunmore, etc. Kenneth Randolph Murray 1913–1995 11th Earl of Dunmore, etc. Baron Strange (4th creation) abeyant, 1982–1986 Colwyn Iestyn John Philipps 1939–2009 3rd Viscount St Davids, 24th Baron Hungerford, 22nd Baron de Moleyns, 16th Baron Strange of Knockyn Jean Cherry Drummond 1928–2008 16th Baroness Strange (4th creation) George Iain Murray 1931–1996 10th Duke of Atholl, etc. John Murray 1929–2012 11th Duke of Atholl, etc. John Alexander Murray 1939–1980 9th Earl of Dunmore, etc., 5th Baron Dunmore Barony Dunmore extinct, 1980 Rhodri Colwyn Philipps b. 1966 4th Viscount St Davids, 25th Baron Hungerford, 23rd Baron de Moleyns, 17th Baron Strange of Knockyn Roland Augusto Jestyn Estanislao Philipps b. 1970 Adam Humphrey Drummond b. 1953 17th Baron Strange (4th creation) Bruce George Ronald Murray b. 1960 12th Duke of Atholl, etc. Malcolm Kenneth Murray b. 1946 12th Earl of Dunmore, etc. Geoffrey Charles Murray b. 1949 Heir presumptive to the Viscouncy St Davids, Barony Hungerford, Barony de Moleyns, and Barony of Strange of Knockyn Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Dunmore John Adam Humphrey Drummond b. 1992 Michael Bruce John Murray b. 1985 styled Marquess of Tullibardine David Nicholas George Murray b. 1986 Heir apparent to the Barony of Strange (4th creation) Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Atholl

See also

• Audley-Stanley family