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Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby 1531 – 1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1531

Birth Location: Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 25 Sep 1593

Death Location: Lathom, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England

Father: Lord Bath

Mother: Lady Howard

Spouse(s): Lady Clifford

Children(s): Francis Stanley

Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby was born in 1531 in Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England, the child of Lord Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, 11th Baron Strange of Knoklyn, Lord of Mann, Order of The Bath and Lady Katherine Howard. Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby married Lady Margaret Clifford, and had children including Francis Stanley. Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby passed away in 1593 in Lathom, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby was born in 1531 in Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England, the child of Lord Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, 11th Baron Strange of Knoklyn, Lord of Mann, Order of The Bath and Lady Katherine Howard.
  • Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby married Lady Margaret Clifford, and had children including Francis Stanley.
  • Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby passed away in 1593 in Lathom, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

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Lord Derby's Ancestors

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Lord Derby
1531 – 1593
Birth Place: Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Parents
Lord Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, 11th Baron Strange of Knoklyn, Lord of Mann, Order of The Bath
1509 – 1572
Lathom,Ormskirk,Lancashire,England
Lady (Katherine) Howard
1515 – 1554
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, 10th Baron Strange of Knockyn, 6th Baron Mohun, Lord of man and of the) Isles
1484 – 1521
Knockin, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Lady (Anne Hastings) Stanley,
1485 – 1550
Donnington Castle, Berkshire
Thomas (I) Howard
1443 – 1524
Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Agnes Tilney\Tylney
1478 – 1545
Of Ashwell-Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Derby's Descendants

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Lord (Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of) Derby (Sep 1531 – 25 Sep 1593) m. Lady (Margaret) Clifford (1540 – 28 September 1596)
  1. 1. Francis Stanley (1585 – Aft. 1635) m. Susanna Small (1 Jan 1590 – 1635)

Lord Derby's Timeline

4 Records

1531
Sep 1531
Birth of Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby in Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
1591
1591/92
Age 60
Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby was married in Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o
Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o
1593
25 Sep 1593
Age 62
Death of Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby in Lathom, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
Lathom, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
1593
1593
Age 62
Burial of Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Uxbridge, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 1531
    Event Place: Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1591/92
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1593
    Event Place: Lathom, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1593
    Event Place: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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