Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby


The Earl of Derby

Portrait by William Derby, c.1837
Born(1775-04-21)21 April 1775
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
Died30 June 1851(1851-06-30) (aged 76)
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Margaret Hornby
(m. 1798; died 1817)
Issue
FatherEdward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
MotherLady Elizabeth Hamilton

Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (21 April 1775 – 30 June 1851), styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832, and Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe from 1832–4, was an English politician, peer, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist. He was the patron of the writer Edward Lear.