Constance (Villiers) Stanley (abt. 1840 - 1922)

Born about 1840 in London, England

Ancestors

Wife of Frederick Arthur Stanley — married 31 May 1864 in London, England

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1922 at about age 82 in London, England

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Lady Constance Villiers was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

Lady Constance Villiers, born about 1840,^[1] was the daughter of George William Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Lady Katherine Grimston. She married Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby in 1864 in London, England.^[2] They had ten children, eight sons and two daughters.

While her husband was serving as Governor-General of Canada from 1888 to 1893, Lady Stanley founded the Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses on Rideau Street in Ottawa.^[3] On her return to London, England, she came up with the idea and funded what became known as "Derby Bundles," flannel bags containing baby clothing given to poor mothers in East End London. She died in 1922.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NST-7VR : 1 October 2014), Constance Villiers, 1840; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D73-FM7 : 13 December 2014), Constance Villiers, 1864; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1864, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 527, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby&oldid=767090827 (accessed February 26, 2017).
4. ↑ A FRIEND OF THE POOR. (1922, May 04). The Globe (1844-1936) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/docview/1350652692?accountid=14369

See also:

• The Peerage
• P. B. Waite, “STANLEY, FREDERICK ARTHUR, 1st Baron STANLEY and 16th Earl of DERBY,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 26, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stanley_frederick_arthur_13E.html.