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Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. To date, he is the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party (1846–68). He is one of only four British prime ministers to have three or more separate periods in office. However,…
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politics · British statesman (1799–1869) · politician · also Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Derby
Born 29 March 1799 · Died 23 October 1869 · Q237829
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In me you will find one ready to assist in removing all blemishes and deformities from the best and holiest institutions of the country with the most uncompromising zeal—while, at the same time, I will oppose, with all the might and energy of which I am capable, those whose measures, whose objects, and whose intentions are not to reform, but to destroy. (Vehement and long-continued cheering.)
[I]f you search the records of our history from the earliest times, you will find in the most distinct form, from the preambles of successive statutes in successive ages, that the principle which guided the Ministers of this country was, the principle of encouraging the domestic industry and protecting the agriculture of this country.
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Was borrowed from the Newtown Library in Wellington, New Zealand, in March 1902 and returned in August 2020 (118 years later) after being discovered in Sydney, Australia
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Died 1869-10-23.
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
“[I]f you search the records of our history from the earliest times, you will find in the most distinct form, from the preambles of successive statutes in successive ages, that the principle which guided the Ministers of this country was, the principle of encouraging the domestic industry and protecting the agriculture of this country.”
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in recognition of his former role as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
“In me you will find one ready to assist in removing all blemishes and deformities from the best and holiest institutions of the country with the most uncompromising zeal—while, at the same time, I will oppose, with all the might and energy of which I am capable, those whose measures, whose objects, and whose intentions are not to reform, but to destroy. (Vehement and long-continued cheering.)”
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
And as a result of this Act "1,500,000 women and children were admitted to the benefits of the factory laws
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Following the collapse of Lord Russell's second government after its failed attempt at further electoral reform
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1866–1868).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1866–1868).
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“dealing with uncleanliness, inadequate ventilation, and overcrowding in factories
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When he was succeeded by the ineffective Russell
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Apparently in honour of the Earl, who was British Prime Minister at the time
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1858–1859).
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Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1858–1859).
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Derby formed another minority government upon the resignation of Lord Palmerston following a parliamentary defeat to an opposition motion which, in the context of a failed plot to assassinate Napoleon III of France, char
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Commented on Derby's failure to exploit the press:
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Queen Victoria asked Derby to form a government
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852–1852).
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Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1852–1852).
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Succeeded his father as Earl of Derby
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Career landmark: Leader of the Conservative Party (1846–1868).
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The outstanding issues being the question of Ireland and the unresolved franchise
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This time over the repeal of the Corn Laws, and managed to bring the majority of the Conservative Party with him (including, among others, the young Benjamin Disraeli)
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Was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe in his father's Barony of Stanley by a Writ of acceleration
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Career landmark: member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1841–1844).
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Career landmark: member of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1837–1841).
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Career landmark: member of the 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1835–1837).
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Stanley moved up to the more important position of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, overseeing the passage of the Abolition of Slavery Bill
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Career landmark: member of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1832–1834).
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Career landmark: member of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1831–1831).
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Career landmark: member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1831–1832).
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Stanley became Chief Secretary for Ireland in Lord Grey's Government, and entered the Cabinet in 1831
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Career landmark: member of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1830–1830).
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Career landmark: Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1827–1828).
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Career landmark: member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1826–1830).
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However, he alienated some of his Whig colleagues by voting against Joseph Hume's motion for an investigation into the established Protestant Church of Ireland
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Career landmark: member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1822–1826).
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Edward Stanley, as he was then, was elected to Parliament in the rotten borough of Stockbridge as a Whig, the traditional party of his family
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Studied at Eton College (1811–1817).
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Born 1799-03-29.
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