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The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93) Between 1878 and 1893
Edward Henry Stanley (1826-93) was a prominent British politician and a major landowner. His diaries record the minutiae of the life of a great Victorian nobleman as faithfully as the momentous arguments in Gladstone's cabinet.
A Selection from the Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93)
"Edward Henry Stanley, fifteenth Earl of Derby served twice as foreign secretary in Conservative governments (1866-8, 1874-8). [These] selectiohs are for the period from September 1869, just before his father's death, to his resignation from Disraeli's cabinet in March, 1878"--Introduction.
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William Stanley as Shakespeare
Presenting striking new evidence, this book shows that "William Shakespeare" was the pen name of William Stanley, son of the Earl of Derby. Born in 1561, he was educated at Oxford, travelled for three years abroad, and studied law in London, mixing with poets and playwrights. In 1592 Spenser recorded that Stanley had written several plays. In 1594 he unexpectedly inherited the earldom--hence the pen name. He became a Knight of the Garter in 1601, eligible to help bear the canopy over King James at his coronation, likely prompting Sonnet 125's "Wer't ought to me I bore the canopy?"--he is the only authorship candidate ever in a position to "bear the canopy" (which was only ever borne over roy...
The Earls of Derby, 1485-1985
The Stanley family of England between about 1125 A.D. and the present. The family was awarded an earldom for supporting Henry VII, the Lancastrian heir to the throne, against the Yorkist King Richard III, in 1485. "With the exception of the earldom of Shrewsbury, that of Derby is today the oldest extant earldom which is not, like Surrey and Chester, held as a subsidiary title by the Crown or by a nobleman of higher rank." (p. [x]).
Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Eastern Question
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
