Baron Eddisbury

Baron Eddisbury, of Winnington in the County Palatine of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 12 May 1848 for the Whig politician and diplomat Edward Stanley (1802–1869), son of the politician Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet.

Edward Stanley (1802–1869), 1st Baron Eddisbury from 1848 and 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley from 1850

Edward Stanley started his career in 1831 as Whig member of the House of Commons before holding various cabinet posts under Prime Ministers Lord Melbourne, Lord Russell and Lord Palmerston. He became a member of the Privy Council in 1841, was created Baron Eddisbury in 1848 and served as Postmaster-General from 1860 to 1866.

In 1839, Lord Eddisbury's father Sir John Stanley, 7th Baronet, had been raised to the peerage as Baron Stanley of Alderley. Upon his death in 1850, his barony and the Stanley Baronetcy passed to Lord Eddisbury, who thereby became 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley and 8th Baronet of Alderley Hall. These titles have remained united since; most holders have chosen to be known as Lord Stanley of Alderley. In 1909, Edward Stanley, the 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury, acquired a further title for the Stanley family when he succeeded his first cousin once removed, the 3rd Earl of Sheffield, according to a special remainder and thus inherited the title of 4th Baron Sheffield.

Barons Eddisbury (1848)

• Edward John Stanley, 1st Baron Eddisbury, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802–1869)
• Henry Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Eddisbury, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1827–1903)
• Edward Lyulph Stanley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 4th Baron Sheffield (1839–1925) (known as Lord Stanley of Alderley)
• Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Eddisbury, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 5th Baron Sheffield (1875–1931) (known as Lord Sheffield)
• Edward John Stanley, 5th Baron Eddisbury, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 6th Baron Sheffield (1907–1971) (known as Lord Stanley of Alderley)
• Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley, 6th Baron Eddisbury, 7th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Sheffield (1915–1971) (known as Lord Sheffield)
• Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 7th Baron Eddisbury, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 8th Baron Sheffield (1927–2013) (known as Lord Stanley of Alderley)
• Richard Oliver Stanley, 8th Baron Eddisbury, 9th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 9th Baron Sheffield (b. 1956)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. Charles Ernest Stanley (b. 1960).

Family tree

v t e Sheffield family tree: Barons Sheffield, Earls of Mulgrave and Dukes of Buckingham and Normanby

Baron Sheffield (1st creation, England), 1547 Edmund Sheffield (1521–1549) 1st Baron Sheffield John Sheffield (c. 1538–1568) 2nd Baron Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave (1st creation), 1626 Edmund Sheffield (c. 1564–1646) 1st Earl of Mulgrave 3rd Baron Sheffield James II (1633–1701) King of England and Scotland Edmund Sheffield (1611–1658) 2nd Earl of Mulgrave 4th Baron Sheffield Marquess of Normanby (1st creation), 1694 Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1703 Catherine Darnley (1680–1743) John Sheffield (1648–1721) 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1st Marquess of Normanby 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 5th Baron Sheffield William Phipps Catherine Annesley (d. 1743) John Sheffield (1710) styled Marquess of Nomanby Robert Sheffield (1711–1714) styled Marquess of Nomanby Edmund Sheffield (1716–1735) 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 2nd Marquess of Normanby 4th Earl of Mulgrave 6th Baron Sheffield Dukedom of Buckingham and Normanby, Marquess of Nomanby (1st creation), Earl of Mulgrave, and Baron Sheffield (1st creation) extinct, 1735 Baron Mulgrave (Ireland, 1st creation), 1767 Constantine Phipps (c. 1722–1775) 1st Baron Mulgrave Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain, 1st creation), 1790 Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain, 2nd creation) recreated, 1794 Viscount Normanby Earl of Mulgrave (2nd creation), 1812 Baron Sheffield of Dunnamore in the County of Meath, (2nd creation, Ireland), 1781 Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in the County of Roscommon, (3rd creation, Ireland), 1783 Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in the County of York, (4th creation, United Kingdom), 1802 Earl of Sheffield (Ireland) and Viscount Pevensey (Ireland), 1816 Constantine John Phipps (1744–1792) 2nd Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 1st Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) Henry Phipps (1755–1831) 1st Earl Mulgrave 1st Viscount Normanby 3rd Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 1st Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) John Baker-Holroyd (1735–1821) 1st Earl of Sheffield 1st Viscount Pevensey 1st Baron Sheffield Barony Mulgrave (Great Britain) extinct, 1792 Baron Stanley of Alderley, 1839 John Thomas Stanley (1766–1850) 1st Baron Stanley Maria Stanley (1771–1863) Marquess of Normanby (2nd creation), 1838 Baron Eddisbury, 1848 Constantine Henry Phipps (1797–1863) 1st Marquess of Normanby 2nd Earl of Mulgrave 2nd Viscount Normanby 4th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 2nd Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) Edward John Stanley (1802–1869) 2nd Baron Stanley 1st Baron Eddisbury George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd (1802–1876) 2nd Earl of Sheffield 2nd Viscount Pevensey 2nd Baron Sheffield George Augustus Constantine Phipps (1819–1890) 2nd Marquess of Normanby 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 3rd Viscount Normanby 5th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 3rd Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) Henry Edward John Stanley (1827–1903) 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury Fredrick Henry Stuart Holroyd (1827–1829) styled Viscount Pevensey Henry North Holroyd (1832–1909) 3rd Earl of Sheffield 3rd Viscount Pevensey 3rd Baron Sheffield Earldom of Sheffield, Viscount Pevensey, Baron Sheffield (second and 4th creations), extinct 1909 Constantine Charles Henry Phipps (1846–1932) 3rd Marquess of Normanby 4th Earl of Mulgrave 4th Viscount Normanby 6th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 4th Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) Edward Lyulph Stanley (1839–1925) 4th Baron Sheffield (3rd creation, Ireland) 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury Arthur Lyulph Stanley (1875–1931) 5th Baron Sheffield 5th Baron Stanley 4th Baron Eddisbury Oliver Hugh Stanley (1879–1952) Oswald Constantine John Phipps (1912–1994) 4th Marquess of Normanby 5th Earl of Mulgrave 5th Viscount Normanby 7th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 5th Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) Edward John Stanley (1907–1971) 6th Baron Sheffield 6th Baron Stanley 5th Baron Eddisbury Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley (1915–1971) 7th Baron Sheffield 7th Baron Stanley 6th Baron Eddisbury Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley (1927–2013) 8th Baron Sheffield 8th Baron Stanley 7th Baron Eddisbury Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps (b. 1954) 5th Marquess of Normanby 6th Earl of Mulgrave 6th Viscount Normanby 8th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland) 6th Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain) Richard Oliver Stanley (b. 1956) 9th Baron Sheffield 9th Baron Stanley 8th Baron Eddisbury Charles Ernest Stanley (b. 1960) Heir presumptive to the Baronies Sheffield, Stanley, and Eddisbury John Samuel Constantine Phipps (b. 1994) styled Earl of Mulgrave Thomas Henry Winston Phipps (b. 1997) Oliver Richard Hugh Stanley (1986–1989) Heir apparent to the Marquessate of Normanby

See also

• Baron Stanley of Alderley
• Baron Sheffield
• Stanley Baronets

References

1. "No. 20854". The London Gazette. 9 May 1848. p. 1802.

• Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: Dean and son. p. 816.