The son of John Thomas Stanley, first Baron Stanley, educated at Christ Church, Oxford; he was Whig MP for Hindon (1831), North Cheshire (1832-41, 1847-48), raised to the peerage as baron Eddisbury (1848), president of the Board of Trade (1855-58) and postmaster-general (1860-66).

REFERENCES TO Edward John Stanley, second baron Stanley:

John Lewis Mallet to John Whishaw, 8 September 1831 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 June 1833 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, 19 July 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 2 February 1848 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [18 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [21 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 12 May 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)