William Stanley KG (abt. 1561 - 1642)

Born about Jul 1561 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (De Vere) Stanley — married 26 Jan 1595 in Greenwich, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1642 at about age 81 in Chester, Cheshire, England

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Biography

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William Stanley KG was born in England.

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561-1642) was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford. He married Lady Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil, on 26 June 1594.

He held the office of Sovereign Lord of the Isle of Man. He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Derby [E., 1485] on 16 April 1594. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1601.

Children of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth de Vere

1. Sir Robert Stanley
2. Lady Anne Stanley b. c 1600, d. c 12 Feb 1656/57
3. James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby b. 31 Jan 1607, d. 15 Oct 1651

Willem was born in 1561 in Cannon Row. He was the son of Henry Stanley KG and Margaret (Clifford) Stanley.^[1]

Willem died at the age of about 81 on 29 September 1642 in Cheshire England.^[1][2][3]

Willem was buried after 29 September 1642 in Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Note: GenealogieOnline.
   Ancestry Record 9289 #6883970 (accessed before 18 August 2022).
2. ↑ Death: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000,
   Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k.
   Ancestry Record 61157 #1283664 (accessed before 18 August 2022).
3. ↑ Death: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Note: GenealogieOnline.
   Ancestry Record 9289 #15436106 (accessed before 18 August 2022).
4. ↑ Burial: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Note: Find A Grave.
   Ancestry Record 60526 #508969 (accessed before 18 August 2022).

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1294.htm#i12939
• http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Royal/Larson/Hen7-GuyRitchie.pdf
• Raines, F.R., The Stanley Papers. Part III. Private Devotions and Miscellanies of James, seventh earl of Derby, Vol. I, Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester (The Chetham Society, 1865) Vol. 66, Page lxxv.

• "Lord Strange ...hastening to Chester to his dying father."
• footnote #60: "His father died 29th September 1642."