Person:William Stanley (191)
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
b.1561 Westminster, Middlesex, England
d.29 Sep 1642 Cheshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Feb 1555
  1. Edward Stanley
  2. Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of DerbyEst 1559 - 1594
  3. William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby1561 - 1642
  4. Francis Stanley
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Jun 1594
  1. Elizabeth Stanley
  2. Catherine Stanley
  3. Lady Anne StanleyAbt 1600 - Abt 1656/57
  4. James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby1606/07 - 1651
  5. Sir Robert Stanley, K.B. - 1632
  6. Charles Stanley - 1629
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Facts and Events
Name William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
Alt Name William Stanley (Earl of Derby)
Alt Name Earl of Derby William Stanley
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1561 Westminster, Middlesex, EnglandCannon Row
Christening? Nov 1572
Marriage 26 Jun 1594 to Elizabeth de Vere
Death[1] 29 Sep 1642 Cheshire, England
Burial[3] Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Reference Number? Q2032636?


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William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG (1561 – 29 September 1642) was an English nobleman and politician. Stanley inherited a prominent social position that was both dangerous and unstable, as his mother was heir to Queen Elizabeth I under the Third Succession Act, a position inherited in 1596 by his deceased brother's oldest daughter, Anne, two years after William had inherited the Earldom from his brother. After a period of European travel in his youth, a long legal battle eventually consolidated his social position. Nevertheless, he was careful to remain circumspect in national politics, devoting himself to administration and cultural projects, including playwriting.

His own literary works are lost or unidentified, but in the 1890s he was put forward as one of the contenders to be the true author of the works of William Shakespeare, according to some proponents of the Shakespeare authorship question.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    Volume 4 pages 213 and 214.
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