Henrietta Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange

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Henrietta Maria Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange (1687–26 June 1718) was an English peeress.

Henrietta, Lady Ashburnham, by Michael Dahl, 1717.
Henrietta, Lady Ashburnham, by Michael Dahl, 1717.

Henrietta was born in 1687, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Derby.In 1714 she succeeded to one of her father's titles, the Barony of Strange.

On 21 May 1706, she married the 4th Earl of Anglesey and so became the Countess of Anglesey. The Earl of Anglesey died in 1710. Henrietta then married the 3rd Baron Ashburnham on 24 July 1714 and became Lady Ashburnham. They had one child, also called Henrietta, who succeeded her mother as Baroness Strange.

The 4th Lady Strange died in 1718 and was buried at Ashburnham, East Sussex.

[edit] References

  • Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1982. [orig. 13 volumes, published by The St. Catherine Press Ltd, London, England from 1910-1959; reprinted in microprint: 13 vol. in 6, Gloucester: A. Sutton, 1982; volume XII/1, p. 338.
  • Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley, Burke’s Peerage, Crans, Switzerland, 1999, ISBN 2-940085-02-1, p. 2726.

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Peerage of England
Preceded by
William Stanley
Baroness Strange
1702–1718
Succeeded by
Henrietta Ashburnham