Stanley Family of Alderley, 1812-1850

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Alderley Hall near the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, was purchased by Sir Thomas Stanley, who was created a baronet in 1660. Sir John Stanley, the 7th Baronet, was created Baron Stanley of Alderley in 1839. His brother Edward Stanley (1779-1849) was rector of Alderley for 32 years before becoming Bishop of Norwich in 1837. His son Owen Stanley (1813-1850) served in the Royal Navy under Phillip Parker King and Sir John Franklin and commanded HMS Rattlesnake on its surveying expedition to northern Australia and New Guinea in 1846-1850. His other sons were Charles Stanley (1819-1849), private secretary to Sir William Denison in Van Diemen's Land in 1846-1849, and Arthur Stanley (1815-1881), the Dean of Westminster Abbey.

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