Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, fourteenth earl of Derby

(1799-1869)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith, Earl of Derby, 1799-1869 NRA: Stanley Edward George Geoffrey Smith (1799-1869) 14th Earl of Derby statesman DNB: Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith, fourteenth earl of Derby (1799-1869), prime minister LBT ID: LdDerby14 VIAF ID: 74175007 LOC ID: n87896612	B/BAP: 1799-03-29 DIED: 1869-10-23
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
Son of the thirteenth earl (d. 1851); educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was MP for Preston (1826-30), Windsor (1831-32), North Lancashire (1832-44), colonial secretary (1841-45) and prime minister (1852, 1858-59).