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Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 1559–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1559

Birth Location: London, London, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 April 1594

Death Location: Lathom House, Lancashire

Father: Henry Derby

Mother: Lady Derby

Spouse(s): Princess Derby, Lady SPENCER

Children(s): Lady life), Elizabeth Stanley, Lady Stanley

Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby was born in 1559 in London, London, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Stanley 4Th Earl Of Derby And Lady Mary Margaret De Clifford Princess Of France Countess Of Derby. Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby married Lady Alice Spencer, Princess Lady Alice Spencer Egerton Countess Of Derby, and had children including Elizabeth Stanley, Lady Anne Stanley 2Nd Husband Touchet Was Executed For Sexual Life, Lady Frances Countess Bridgewater Stanley. Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby passed away in 1594 in Lathom House, Lancashire.

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Biography

  • Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby was born in 1559 in London, London, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Stanley 4Th Earl Of Derby And Lady Mary Margaret De Clifford Princess Of France Countess Of Derby.
  • Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby married Lady Alice Spencer, Princess Lady Alice Spencer Egerton Countess Of Derby, and had children including Elizabeth Stanley, Lady Anne Stanley 2Nd Husband Touchet Was Executed For Sexual Life, Lady Frances Countess Bridgewater Stanley.
  • Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby passed away in 1594 in Lathom House, Lancashire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Derby
1543–1599
Birth Location: House, Manor, Manor House Road, Civil Parish Of Prescot,City Of Lancaster, County Of Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Lady Derby
1540–1596
Birth Location: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England
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Spouses(s)

Princess Derby
1559–1637
Birth Location: Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Lady SPENCER
1559–1637
Birth Location: Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Lady life)
1580–1647
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Stanley
1588–1633
Birth Location: Knowsley, England., Lancashire, Lancashire, England
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Lady Stanley
1583–1636
Birth Location: Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Lord Derby's Ancestors

Self
Lord Derby
1559–1594
Birth Place: London, London, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby
1543–1599
House, Manor, Manor House Road, Civil Parish Of Prescot,City Of Lancaster, County Of Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Margaret de CLIFFORD Princess of France, Countess of) Derby
1540–1596
Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England
Grandparents
Richard Stanley
1515–1585
Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
barbara (lathom Lady Richard Stanley of) Bebington
1518–
Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Henry (III 3, Sir de Clifford 12th Baron Clifford, 2nd Lord Earl of Cumberland KB, 3rd Baron Vesci, 12th Baron) Westmoreland
1517–1570
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Eleanor Brandon
1519–1547
Westhorpe, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Stanley
1468–1556
Margaret Fleming
1506–1565
Henry Clifford
1493–1542
Margaretha Percy
1503–1540
Lord Brandon
1484–1545
Mary Tudor
1496–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Fleming
1441–1533
Joan Lowther
1484–1524
Sir Baron
1454–1523
Ann SaintJohn
1452–1523
Lord Bath)
1478–1527
Katherine Northumberland
1477–1542
Sir Bench
1435–1491
Elisabeth Wingfield
1440–1497
Henry VII
1455–1509
Elizabeth York
1466–1503

Lord Derby's Descendants

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Lord (Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of) Derby (1559–16 April 1594) m. Princess (Lady Alice Spencer Egerton Countess of) Derby (4 MAY 1559–23 January 1637) m. Lady (Alice) SPENCER (4 Aug 1559–31 Jan 1637)
  1. 1. Lady (Anne STANLEY (2nd husband, Touchet, was executed for sexual) life) 1580–1647 m. Grey (Brydges Lord Chandos van) Sudeley 1575–1621
    1. 1. George (Brydges Lord Chandos van) Sudeley 1620–1655
    2. 2. Elisabeth Brydges 1619–1678
  2. 2. Elizabeth Stanley 1588–1633 m. Henry (Hastings 5th Earl of) Huntingdon, 1586–1643
    1. 1. Henry (Hastings 1st Baron of Hastings of) Loughborough 1610–1667
    2. 2. Ferdinando (Hastings 6th Earl of) Huntingdon 1608–1655
    3. 3. Alice (HASTINGS) Clifton 1606–1667 m. Baronett (Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton-on Trent, Nottinghamshire, MP,) K.B. 1587–1666
      1. 1. Mary Clifton 1630–1686
    4. 4. George Hastings 1612–1705
    5. 5. Mary HASTINGS 1612–1660 m. John Gerard 1610–
    6. 6. Elizabeth (Stanley) Hastings 1612–1641 m. William (J Pitkin (Pytkyne) (Reverend, Headmaster of Berkhamsted) School) 1608–1643
      1. 1. William Pitkin 1635–1694 m. Hannah Pitkin 1637–1723
        1. 1. Caleb Pitkin 1687–1773
        2. 2. George Pitkin 1675–1702
        3. 3. Elizabeth Pitkin 1669–1748
        4. 4. John Pitkin 1668–1705
        5. 5. Nathaniel Pitkin 1670–1733
        6. 6. Elizabeth Marsh 1666–1738
        7. 7. Roger Pitkin 1662–1748
        8. 8. Hannah Cowles 1667–1737
        9. 9. Ozias Pitkin 1679–1746
        10. 10. Honorable (William PITKIN (Chief Justice of CT Supreme) Court) 1664–1723
      2. 2. Martha (Pitkin Wolcott) Clark 1639–1719 m. Simon Wolcott 1624–1687 m. Capt. (Daniel (The Honorable - magistrate)) Clark 1622–1710
        1. 1. Daniel Wolcott 1676–1748
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Gott) Wolcott 1662–1707
        3. 3. Royce Wolcott 1676–1749
        4. 4. James Wolcott 1668–1755
        5. 5. William Wolcott 1670–1690
        6. 6. Roger Wolcott 1679–1767 m. Sarah Wolcott 1686–1747
        7. 7. Joanna Wolcott 1668–1755 m. Capt. (John Wolcott Colton) I 1659–1727
        8. 8. Simon WOLCOTT 1666–1732 m. Sarah Chester 1657–1723
        9. 9. Martha Wolcott 1664–1687 m. Lieutenant (Thomas) Allyn 1663–1709
        10. 10. Christopher Wolcott 1672–1693
        11. 11. William Wolcott 1676–1749 m. Abiah Hawley 1676–1716
        12. 12. Lt. (Henry) Wolcott 1670–1747 m. Jane Allyn 1670–1702
      3. 3. Roger (Pitkin (Stayed in) England) 1638–1721 m. Margarett Marston 1640– m. Hannah Stanley 1642–
        1. 1. Roger (Pitkin) Jr 1665–1708
  3. 3. Lady (Frances Countess Bridgewater) Stanley 1583–1636 m. John (1st Earl of Bridgwater Egerton, KB PC Earl of) Bridgewater 1579–1649
    1. 1. Anne Egerton 1617–
    2. 2. Charles Egerton 1619–1669
    3. 3. Lady (Alice) Egerton 1605–1689
    4. 4. Elizabeth Cecil 1604–1686
    5. 5. Magdalen Cutler 1615–1664
    6. 6. James Egerton 1616–1620
    7. 7. Katharine Courteen 1614–1652
    8. 8. Penelope Napier 1610–1658
    9. 9. Arabella (Saint) John 1604–1669
    10. 10. Thomas Egerton 1625–1648
    11. 11. Frances Hobart –1664

Lord Derby's Timeline

2 Records

1559
1559
Birth of Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby in London, London, England, United Kingdom
London, London, England, United Kingdom
1594
16 April 1594
Age 35
Death of Lord Ferdinand Stanley 5th Earl of Derby in Lathom House, Lancashire
Lathom House, Lancashire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, 1576-1701

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 April 1594
    Event Place: Lathom House, Lancashire
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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