Person:William Stanley (192)

William Stanley
d.25 Oct 1670
Facts and Events
Name William Stanley
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Oct 1640 Ormskirk, Lancashire, EnglandLatham?
Death[2] 25 Oct 1670
Burial[2] Dec 1670 Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Other[3]  Speculative family?: William Standley and Mary Unknown (1) 
Reference Number? Q8018725?


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William Stanley (18 October 1640 – 25 October 1670) of Knowsley, Lancashire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1670.

Stanley was the 3rd surviving son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and educated privately.

In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool in the Convention Parliament. He was active in the restoration of Charles II of England.

In 1661, he was re-elected MP for Liverpool for the Cavalier Parliament and in 1662 elected Mayor of Liverpool.[1]

He died unmarried and was buried in the Derby chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk.

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References
  1. William Stanley (1640–1670), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 STANLEY, Hon. William (1640-70), in The History of Parliament.
  3. Both WP and History of Parliament indicate William to be unmarried. Neither do they make any mention of a child outside marriage. His attribution as the father of William Standley by Mary is, never the less, common on the internet.