Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby

Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1485– 23 May 1521) was an English peer.

Contents 1 Parents 2 Titles 3 Marriage and children 4 Ancestry 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

Parents

Derby was the eldest son of George Stanley (jure uxoris 9th Baron Strange) and Joan Strange, 9th Baroness Strange and 5th Baroness Mohun. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby was his grandfather. His father had been summoned to Parliament as Lord Strange in 1482 in right of his wife, but predeceased his father.

Titles

Derby succeeded his grandfather in the earldom and barony of Stanley in 1504, and in 1514, he also inherited the baronies of Strange and Mohun from his mother.

Marriage and children

Derby married Anne Hastings—daughter of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings—in about 1507. They had:

• Lady Margaret Stanley d. Jan 1534, wife of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
• John Stanley (died young)
• Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (b. 10 May 1509, d. 24 Oct 1572)

Derby died on 23 May 1521, and was buried at Syon Abbey, one of the greatest religious houses in England at the time.

His line of the Stanley family failed on the death of James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby in 1736, when the earldom passed on to a descendant of his younger brother, Sir James Stanley, who founded the branch of the family known as the "Stanleys of Bickerstaffe."

Ancestry

Ancestors of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby

16. John de Stanley               8. Thomas Stanley, Ist Baron Stanley                       17. Isabel Harington               4. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby                             18. Sir Robert Goushill               9. Joan Goushill                       19. Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan               2. George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange                                   20. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland               10. Richard Nevill, 1st Earl of Salisbury                       21. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland               5. Lady Eleanor Nevill                             22. Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury               11. Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury                       23. Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury               1. Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby                                         24. John le Strange, 6th Baron Strange               12. Richard le Strange, 7th Baron Strange                       25. Maud de Mohun               6. John le Strange, 8th Baron Strange                             26.               13. Elizabeth de Cobham                       27.               3. Joan le Strange, 9th Baroness Strange                                   28. Richard Wydeville               14. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers                       29. Joan Bedlisgate[1]               7. Jacquetta Woodville                             30. Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol               15. Jacquetta of Luxembourg                       31. Margaret de Baux

Notes

1. ^ thePeerage.com: Joan Bedlisgate

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• thepeerage.com: Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby

External links

• Stanley's patronage of theater and/or music: Patrons and Performances Web Site
• Anne Hastings' patronage of theater and/or music: Patrons and Performances Web Site

Head of State of the Isle of Man
Preceded by The 1st Earl of Derby as King of Mann	Lord of Mann 1504-1521	Succeeded by The 3rd Earl of Derby
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Stanley	Earl of Derby 1504–1521	Succeeded by Edward Stanley
Preceded by Joan le Strange	Baron Strange 1514–1521	Succeeded by Edward Stanley
	Baron Mohun 1514–1521