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DERBY 219 from her husband), 14 Mar., and was bur. 2 Apr. 1797, at Bromley, Kent, aged 44. He m., 2ndly, a few weeks later, i May 1797, at his house in Grosvenor Sq., Midx., Elizabeth, da. of George Farran,(^) sometime surgeon and apothecary at Cork, and afterwards an actor, by ( — ), da. of ( — ) Wright, a publican of Water Lane, Liverpool. She, who was an actress of note,() d. at Knowsley Park, 23, and was bur. 30 Apr. 1829, at Ormskirk, aged 66. He d'. at Knowsley, 21, and was bur. 31 Oct. 1834, at Ormskirk afsd., aged 82.(') Will pr. Nov. 1835. XXn. 1834, 13. Edward (Smith-Stanley), Earl OF Derby, s. and h.,by istwife, ^. 21 Apr. 1775, in the par. of St. Geo., Han. Sq., j/y/f^ Lord Stanley from 1832; ed. at Eton, and admitted Trin. Coll. Cambridge 1792, M. A. 1795; Col. in the army (during service) 1798; M.P. (Whig) for Preston 1796-1812, for co. Lancaster 1812-32; cr. D.C.L. of Oxford 23 June 18 19; Vice Adm. co. Lancaster from 1831. On 22 Dec. 1832 (there being no barony vested in his father wherein he could be sum. to the House of Lords), he was cr. BARON STANLEY OF BICKER- STAFFE, CO Lancaster. Pres. of the Linn^an Soc. 1828-33, "i"*^ Pres. of the Zoological Soc.(^) from 1831, and Trustee of the Brit. Museum from 1834, till his death. Lord Lieut, of co. Lancaster 1834-51; K.G. 2 Apr. 1839. He m., 30 Oct. 1798, in the Chapel at Knowsley, his cousin, Charlotte Margaret, 2nd da. of the Rev. Geoffrey Hornby, Rector of Winwick, co. Lancaster, by Lucy, sister of Edward (Smith-Stanley), I2th Earl of Derby next abovenamed. She, who was b. 20 Oct. 1778, J. 16 June 18 17, aged 48. He J. 30 June 1851, at Knowsley, and was bur. at Ormskirk, aged 76.(') Will pr. Oct. 1851. (*) So spelt in the register, one of the witnesses being " Margaret Farran." () She appeared first on the stage, at Bath, in 1773; was acting in 1774 with her mother and sister (Margaret, afterwards Mrs. Knight) at Wakefield, and at Liverpool (as Rosetta) in "Love in a Village." In 1777 she appeared in London, acting in " She Stoops to Conquer," and in most of the well-known plays for twenty years, taking leave on 7 Apr. 1797 (as "Lady Teazle") a few weeks before her marriage. She is said to have declined to become the Earl's mistress in his wife's life- time. Her portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence has often been engraved. Con- temporary accounts describe her as tall, genteel, with a face not regularly beautiful, but animated, prepossessing, and full of sensibility, eyes blue and penetrating, a fascinating smile, and a voice clear but rather sharp, and as possessing ease, vivacity, spirit, and humour. For a list of peers who have married actresses, singers, or dancers, see Appendix C in vol. xii of this work. G.E.C, and V.G. (') " He had an excessively large head surmounting his small spare figure, and wore his hair tied in a long thin pigtail." V.G. C^) "So great was his attachment to Zoology that he had formed at Knowsley such collections of living animals and birds as far surpass any menagerie or aviary previously attempted by any private person in this country." {Annual Reg. for 1 851). G.E.C. In politics he was an inconspicuous but steady supporter of the Whig party. V.G. (') It appears from Queen Victoria's Diary, 24 July 1838, that he was desirous of being made a Duke at the time of her Coronation. On the other hand, his son