Peerage Record – 1466

     Elizabeth Parker was the daughter of Christopher Parker and Katherine Stanley.¹ She married Charles Stanley, son of Edward Stanley.¹
     Her married name became Stanley.¹

     Sir Thomas Stanley was the son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby and Lady Dorothy Howard.¹ He married Margaret Vernon, daughter of Sir George Vernon and Margaret Tailboys.¹ He died in 1576.¹
     He received Tong Castle through his husband’s family.² He lived at Winwick, Lancashire, England^G.¹

     Margaret Vernon was the daughter of Sir George Vernon and Margaret Tailboys.^1,2 She married, firstly, Sir Thomas Stanley, son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby and Lady Dorothy Howard.¹ She married, secondly, William Mather in 1579.²
     Her married name became Stanley.¹ From 1579, her married name became Mather.²

     Sir George Vernon was the son of Sir Richard Vernon and Margaret Dymoke.² He married, secondly, Maud Longford, daughter of Sir Ralph Longford.² He married, firstly, Margaret Tailboys, daughter of Sir George Tailboys and Elizabeth Gascoigne.² He died in 1565.²
     He had extensive possessions, which included Haddon and 29 other manors.² Sir George Vernon also went by the nick-name of ‘King of the Peak’.² He lived at Nether Haddon, Derbyshire, England^G.

     Edward Henry Stanley was born on 5 January 1838.¹ He was the son of Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley and Anne Woolhouse.¹

     Charles Geoffrey Stanley was born on 5 September 1839.¹ He was the son of Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley and Anne Woolhouse.¹ He married Agnes Nina Rigby, daughter of Honoratus Leigh Rigby and Mary Jane Trevor-Roper, on 11 April 1861.¹ He died on 22 April 1877 at age 37.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 32nd Regiment.¹

     Henry Edmund Stanley was born on 27 December 1840.¹ He was the son of Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley and Anne Woolhouse.¹ He died on 15 November 1867 at age 26 at Jubulpore, India^G, from a fall from his horse.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 23rd Regiment.¹

     Charlotte Margaret Sidney Anne Stanley was the daughter of Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley and Anne Woolhouse.¹ She died on 26 October 1872.¹

     Lt.-Col. Charles Edward Henry Stanley was born on 28 April 1843.¹ He was the son of Colonel Hon. Charles James Fox Stanley and Frances Augusta Campbell.¹ He married Frederica Lucy Phipps Hornby, daughter of Captain Phipps John Hornby and Frederica Breton, on 30 July 1874.¹ He died on 16 December 1909 at age 66.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.¹

     James Francis Harry St. Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn was born on 16 March 1869.¹ He was the son of Robert Francis St. Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy.¹ He married, firstly, Violet Aline Vyner, daughter of Robert Charles de Grey Vyner and Eleanor Margaret Duncombe Shafto, on 19 July 1890.² He and Violet Aline Vyner were divorced in 1902.² He married, secondly, Anna Robinson, daughter of George Robinson, on 20 March 1905.¹ He and Anna Robinson were divorced in 1907.¹ He married, thirdly, Vera Mary Bayley, daughter of Eric Edward Bayley, on 8 October 1908.¹ He died on 10 August 1939 at age 70.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant between 1886 and 1890 in the 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment Militia.¹ He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1890 in the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He gained the rank of Captain between 1890 and 1897 in the Fifeshire Light Horse Volunteers.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Erskine, of Alva [N.S., 1666] on 6 September 1890.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Rosslyn [U.K., 1801] on 6 September 1890.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baron Loughborough, of Loughborough, Surrey [G.B., 1795] on 6 September 1890.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Thornycroft’s Mounted Infantry.¹ He was a Daily Mail war correspondent in 1900.¹ He fought in the Boer War.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Fife.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Fife.¹ He was Private Secretary to the Secretary of State of Scotland in 1904.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1915 and 1917.¹