15th Earl of Derby

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The 15th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was a prominent 19th-century British Conservative politician and statesman who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
member of the House of Lords
birthDate 1799-03-29
birthPlace Knowsley Hall
Lancashire
child Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (Foreign Secretary)
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1869-10-23
deathPlace Knowsley Hall
Lancashire
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Smith-Stanley
father Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
givenName Edward
knownFor leading the Conservative Party in the mid-19th century
serving three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
Whig Party (UK)
linked to: British Whig Party
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria
mother Charlotte Hornby
nobleRank Earl
nobleTitle Earl of Derby
notableWork Reform Act 1867 (as party leader and Prime Minister)
linked to: Reform Act 1867
ordinalNumber 15th Earl of Derby
parliamentaryTermEnd first term as Prime Minister: 1852-12-17
second term as Prime Minister: 1859-06-11
third term as Prime Minister: 1868-02-25
parliamentaryTermStart first term as Prime Minister: 1852-02-23
second term as Prime Minister: 1858-02-20
third term as Prime Minister: 1866-06-28
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
precededBy Earl Russell
Lord John Russell
Viscount Palmerston
linked to: Lord Palmerston
religion Church of England
spouse Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham
succeededBy Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of Aberdeen
Viscount Palmerston

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Edward Smith-Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby ordinalNumber 15th Earl of Derby
subject linked to: 15th Earl of Derby