Edward Stanley Collection

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English nobleman, cup bearer to Anne Boleyn, 1509-1572
FLO4638473 Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English nobleman, cup bearer to Anne Boleyn, 1509-1572. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of

Bivouac of the Volunteers at the close of the Review, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Bivouac of the Volunteers at the close of the Review, 1860. Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park. The hospitality of the Earl of Derby...was on a scale of princely munificence;

The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - from a drawing by our special artist, 1860. About half-past two the first regiments of volunteers came upon the scene

The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - Huyton Lodge Volunteers... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - Huyton Lodge Volunteers entering the park, 1860. It was still very early in the day when crowds of visitors from Liverpool

The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - the Earl and Countess of... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - the Earl and Countess of Derby leaving Knowsley Hall for the Review, 1860

The Right Honourable Edward Geoffrey Stanley, Earl of Derby, K. G. c1860, (c1884
The Right Honourable Edward Geoffrey Stanley, Earl of Derby, K.G. c1860, (c1884). Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)

A Rude Design for a Grand Historical Picture of The Death of Caesar, 1836. Creator: John Doyle
A Rude Design for a Grand Historical Picture of The Death of Caesar, 1836. Satire of British politics, with politicians in a scene from " Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare

Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (engraving)
1144516 Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley)

The Earl of Derby, 1860-69. Creator: John Jabez Edwin Mayall
The Earl of Derby, 1860-69. [Portrait of British Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby]. Albumen print

Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, English Conservative politician and wealthy patron of horse racing (b / w photo)
6029777 Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, English Conservative politician and wealthy patron of horse racing (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Earl of Derby (b / w photo)
815982 Earl of Derby (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, (1826-1893), British statesman

The late Earl of Derby, KG (b / w photo)
1604213 The late Earl of Derby, KG (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Earl of Derby, KG)

The Earl of Derby (engraving)
1057652 The Earl of Derby (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Earl of Derby)

The Honourable E H Stanley, MP for Lynn-Regis (engraving)
1612210 The Honourable E H Stanley, MP for Lynn-Regis (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Honourable E H Stanley, MP for Lynn-Regis)

Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, 1940s
3507439 Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, 1940s by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); (add.info.: Players cigarette card depicting Edward George Villiers Stanley)

Lord Stanley, MP, Secretary for the Colonies (engraving)
2771390 Lord Stanley, MP, Secretary for the Colonies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Stanley, MP, Secretary for the Colonies)

Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (aquatint)
726850 Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (aquatint) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, English nobleman)

The Marriage of the Earl and Countess of Derby at the Chapel Royal, St Jamess (engraving)
1052005 The Marriage of the Earl and Countess of Derby at the Chapel Royal, St Jamess (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies (engraving)
1624153 The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (b / w photo)
984227 Portrait of Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby)

Edward Stanley, the Fifteenth Earl of Derby. (engraving)
811362 Edward Stanley, the Fifteenth Earl of Derby. (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Stanley, the Fifteenth Earl of Derby)

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (engraving)
3638992 Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Stanley (1509-1572)

Lord Derby laying the First Stone of the Seamens Orphan Institution, Liverpool (engraving)
1625919 Lord Derby laying the First Stone of the Seamens Orphan Institution, Liverpool (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (engraving)
1096047 The Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lord Stanley, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Lord Stanley, 1844. Portrait of British politician Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley...the eldest son of the thirteenth Earl of Derby

Military Rough-Riders Breaking an Unruly Animal, 1833. Creator: John Doyle
Military Rough-Riders Breaking an Unruly Animal, 1833. Chief Secretary for Ireland Edward Stanley, Prime Minister Charles Grey

A Fair Game, 1835. Creator: John Doyle
A Fair Game, 1835. Politicians throwing sticks at targets surmounted by crowns. Satirical cartoon on British politics by H.B. (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1835]

Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig, 1834. Creator: John Doyle
Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig, 1834. British politicians: Agad, here is the Police ; I shan t stir a peg ; I ll be off ; Then so shall I

The Reconciliation. An Affecting Scene, 1834. Creator: John Doyle
The Reconciliation. An Affecting Scene, 1834. Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby; Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue; Sir James Robert George Graham; Edward John Littleton

You May Know a Man by the Company He Keeps, 1833. Creator: John Doyle
" You May Know a Man by the Company He Keeps", 1833. Burdett (Sir Francis Burdett), Cobbett (William Cobbett), Althorp (John Charles Spencer)

The Late Earl of Derby, c1850, (c1880). Creator: W&D Downey
The Late Earl of Derby, c1850, (c1880). Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869) British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and, to date

Inauguration of Wellington College, Sandhurst: Arrival of Queen Victoria, 1859, (1901)
Inauguration of Wellington College, Sandhurst: Arrival of Queen Victoria, January 29, 1859, (1901). Wellington College, a public school at Sandhurst in Berkshire

Earl of Derby, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Earl of Derby, 1911. Portrait of British politician and racehorse breeder Edward George Villiers Stanley (1865-1948), 17th Earl of Derby

A Group of Sporting Characters at Epsom, c1832. Creator: Unknown
A Group of Sporting Characters at Epsom, How are the odds on the Derby?, c1832. Political satire depicting British politicians at Epsom races: Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)

Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, c1532-1543 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, c1532-1543 (1945). Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby KG (c.1509-1572) was an English nobleman. The drawing is part of the Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, British statesman, 1865 (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. II, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, British statesman and prime minister, 19th century
Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, British statesman and prime minister, 19th century. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, 1926. Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, politician and statesman, 1881. Stanley (1826-1893) first entered parliament in 1848 as a Conservative member for Kings Lynn

Sir Fitz-Roy Edward Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir Fitz-Roy Edward Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1880. He was appointed solicitor-general in 1845, during the administration of Sir Robert Peel

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, (1826-1893), British statesman, 19th century. Artist: WJ Edwards
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, British statesman, 19th century. Portrait of Stanley (1826-1893)

Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, British statesman, c1850-1899. Artist: W Holl
Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, British statesman, c1850-1899. Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, (1799-1869), was prime minister three times

The Right Honourable Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, British statesman, c1880. Artist: DJ Pound
The Right Honourable Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, British statesman, c1880. Portrait of Stanley (1826-1893), published in a supplement to the Illustrated News of the World, London

A game of foot-ball as played by certain Westminster boys, 1858. In this cartoon, Derby (in the crown) is on the left with Disraeli representing the Tories

The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. In February 1870 Forster introduced his Elementary Education Bill in Parliament

Waiting for the Verdict, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Waiting for the Verdict, 1865. Lord Derby (left) and Disraeli represent the Conservatives who awaited the verdict of the country following the 1865 General Election

Our Play Box. Mr Punchs Delight at Finding His Dear Old Puppets where He Left Them in July, 1865. As the new Session of Parliament is about to commence

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"The Illustrious Legacy of Edward Stanley: A Man of Many Titles and Passions" Edward Geoffrey Stanley, also known as the Right Honourable Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, was a prominent figure in 19th-century British politics and society. Born around 1860, he left an indelible mark on history through his various roles and interests. One notable aspect of Lord Derby's life was his involvement in sports. In the year 1858, he participated in a game of foot-ball alongside fellow Westminster boys. This early display of athleticism foreshadowed his later patronage and love for horse racing—a passion that would shape both his personal life and political career. As depicted in an oil-on-canvas portrait from 1844, Edward Stanley assumed the title of the 14th Earl of Derby with grace and dignity. The accompanying engraving captures his noble presence—an embodiment of aristocracy during this era. Lord Derby's influence extended beyond mere titles; he held significant political positions throughout his lifetime. From 1860 to 1869, he served as the Earl of Derby—a period marked by remarkable achievements under John Jabez Edwin Mayall's lens. These photographs immortalize him as a statesman who contributed to shaping colonial policies while serving as Secretary for the Colonies. However, it is important not to overlook Lord Stanley's role as a Member of Parliament (MP). An engraving showcases him as "The Honourable E H Stanley, " representing Lynn-Regis—an indication that even before assuming earldom responsibilities, he had already established himself within parliamentary circles. Despite being involved in politics at its highest levels, Edward Stanley remained connected to popular culture—particularly through horse racing. His affinity for this sport earned him recognition as an English Conservative politician and wealthy patron within equestrian circles. The legacy left behind by Lord Derby continued well into the mid-20th century when another Edward Stanley, the 17th Earl of Derby, carried on his family's traditions.