Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby

Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby (19 January 1628 – 21 December 1672) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille.

Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
Earl of Derby
Tenure1651-1672
Born(1628-01-19)19 January 1628
Died21 December 1672(1672-12-21) (aged 44)
NationalityEnglish
LocalityLiverpool
Spouse(s)Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven
Issue
FatherJames Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
MotherCharlotte de La Trémouille

Life

As Lord Strange, he took little part in the English Civil War. In France at the time of his father's condemnment in 1651, he petitioned unsuccessfully for the latter's life. After succeeding to the Earldom, he lived quietly at Bidston Hall, Cheshire, emerging to support Booth's unsuccessful rising in 1659. Attainted for so doing, he was restored the following year and the family's lands in the Isle of Man were returned to him.

He served as mayor of Liverpool, between 1666 and 1667.[1]

Marriage & children

Arms of Stanley impaling Kirkhoven, representing the marriage of the 8th Earl of Derby, St Paul's Church, Witherslack, Cumbria

In 1650 he married Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven (died 1674), daughter of Jehan, Lord of Heenvliet of Holland, one of the diplomats involved in negotiating the marriage between William II, Prince of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of King Charles I, future parents of King William III of England. Dorothea's mother was Katherine Wotton, widow of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope (d.1634), 2nd surviving son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and the elder daughter of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton by his wife Mary Throckmorton, a daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire. By his wife he had two sons:

Wife's royal affair

Dorothea reportedly had an extramarital tryst with King Charles II which resulted in a child:

  • George "Swan" (born 1658), who was raised by the wife of a gunner at Windsor Castle named Swan, and himself adopted the surname Swan.[2]

References

  1. "Former Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Liverpool". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  2. The Life of Mrs Robertson, Grand-Daughter of Charles 11. Written by Herself. Derby, 1792
Honorary titles
English Interregnum Vice-Admiral of Cheshire
1661–1672
Vacant
Title next held by
The Earl of Derby
Vice-Admiral of Lancashire
1661–1672
Succeeded by
William Banks
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
jointly with The Lord Brereton 1662–1664
and Lancashire

1660–1672
Succeeded by
The Earl of Bridgewater
Peerage of England
Preceded by
James Stanley
Earl of Derby
1651–1672
Succeeded by
William Stanley
Head of State of the Isle of Man
Preceded by
Thomas Fairfax
Lord of Mann
16601672
Succeeded by
William II Stanley

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