Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Stanley of Alderley
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Stanley of Alderley PC
	The 2nd Baron of Alderley, c. 1865
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Postmaster General
	In office; 17 August 1860 – 26 June 1866
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston ; The Earl Russell
Preceded by	The Earl of Elgin
Succeeded by	The Duke of Montrose
President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 31 March 1855 – 21 February 1858
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	Edward Cardwell
Succeeded by	Joseph Warner Henley
Paymaster General; Vice-President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 5 January 1853 – 30 January 1855
Prime Minister	The Earl of Aberdeen
Preceded by	Charles Abbot
Succeeded by	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie
	In office; 12 February 1852 – 21 February 1852
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell
Preceded by	Granville Leveson-Gower
Succeeded by	Charles Abbot
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 6 July 1846 – 12 February 1852
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell
Preceded by	George Smythe
Succeeded by	Austen Henry Layard
Paymaster General
	In office; 19 June 1841 – 30 August 1841
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	Sir Henry Parnell, Bt.
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 21 April 1835 – 19 June 1841
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	Sir George Clerk
Succeeded by	Sir Denis Le Marchant
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament; for North Cheshire
	In office; 26 August 1847 – 8 June 1848
Preceded by	George Legh
Succeeded by	George Legh
	In office; 8 January 1833 – 22 July 1841
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	George Legh
Member of Parliament; for Hindon
	In office; 1 June 1831 – 8 January 1833
Preceded by	George Matthew Fortescue
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	13 November 1802
Died	16 June 1869 (aged 66)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig ; Liberal
Spouse	Henrietta Dillon-Lee (m. 1826)
Children	10
Parent(s)	John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley; Lady Maria Holroyd
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, PC (13 November 1802 – 16 June 1869), known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician. He served as Postmaster General between 1860 and 1866.