Edward Stanley Biography and Timeline

Member of Parliament

1st enters Parliament, as a Whig

Speech

Maiden speech on the Manchester Gas Light Bill

Chief Secretary

Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in Lord Grey's Whig government.

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1833

Constitution of Great Britain

Elected Member of Parliament, calls himself "an old constitutional Whig"

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament, calls himself "an old constitutional Whig"

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament

Role range: 1830-1833

Irish Church Establishment

Joins the Conservatives, feels the Irish Church Establishment should be preserved

Chief Whip

Appointed Chief Whip

Role range: 1835-1841

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Appointed Secretary for War & the Colonies by Sir Robert Peel

Role range: 1841-1846 – 1841-1845

Peerage

Enters the Lords as a Baronet

Role range: 1841-1846 – 1841-1845

Resignation of Edward Stanley

Resigns from Peels Cabinet when it is decided to repeal the Corn Laws

Role range: 1841-1846 – 1841-1845

Stanley Opposes Immediate Grain Repeal

Lord Stanley became a leading cabinet opponent of Peel's plan to abandon agricultural protection.

Party Leader

Appointed Party leader of the Conservative Party

Role range: 1846-1868

Government

Forms a minority Tory Protectionist Government for 9 months

Role range: 1852-1855 – 1852-1852

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term

Role range: 1852-1855 – 1852-1852

Resignation of Edward Stanley

Minority Government is defeated following the Chancellors budget

Role range: 1852-1855 – 1852-1852

Government

Gladstone refuse to join the Government. Forms a minority Tory Government of free traders & Peelites

Role range: 1858-1859 – 1858-1859

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term. Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain

Role range: 1858-1859 – 1858-1859

Resignation of Edward Stanley

Lord Derby resigns

Role range: 1858-1859 – 1858-1859

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term

Role range: 1866-1868 – 1866-1868

Legislation

The 2nd Reform Act becomes law, "a leap in the dark". Doubles the electorate & gives the vote to many working men in the towns

Role range: 1866-1868 – 1866-1868

Reform of Electoral System

The 2nd Reform Act becomes law, "a leap in the dark". Doubles the electorate & gives the vote to many working men in the towns

Role range: 1866-1868 – 1866-1868

Death of Edward Stanley

Death of Earl Stanley of Derby