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{{Short description|British peer}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2017}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name             = The Earl of Derby
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MC|TD|DL}}
| image            = Arms of the Earl of Derby 02666.jpg
| caption          = Arms of the Earls of Derby
| office8          = Member of the [[House of Lords]]
| status8          = Lord Temporal
| term_start8      = 5 February 1948
| predecessor8     = [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby|The 17th Earl of Derby]]
| term_end8        = 28 November 1994
| successor8       = [[Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby|The 19th Earl of Derby]]
| birth_name       = Edward John Stanley
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1918|4|21|df=y}}
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1994|11|28|1918|4|21|df=y}}
| nationality      = British
| party            = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater       =
| spouse           = {{marriage|Isabel Milles-Lade|1948|1990|end=died}}
}}
'''Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MC|TD|DL}} (21 April 1918 – 28 November 1994), styled '''Lord Stanley''' from 1938 to 1948, was a British [[hereditary peer]], [[landowner]] and businessman.
==Background and education==
The eldest son of [[Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894)|Edward, Lord Stanley]], and his wife, the Hon. Sibyl Cadogan, daughter of [[Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea|Viscount Chelsea]], his grandfather was [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby]], a [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France|British Ambassador to Paris]].
He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]. His father having died in 1938, he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom and other family titles.<ref>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/derby1485.htm www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk]</ref>
[[File:Military Cross.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Military Cross]]
==Military service==
John Stanley served with the [[Grenadier Guards]] in the Second World War, being promoted to Major, and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for gallantry during the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]].<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=36563 |page=2852 | date=13 June 1944}}</ref> After the war, he was appointed, in 1947, [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] of the [[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]] in the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA),<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=38107 |page=5058 | date=24 October 1947}}</ref> and then as [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel|Honorary Colonel]] of the [[5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)]], the fifth Earl of Derby to hold that appointment. He continued in  that position with its successors in the [[Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve]] (TAVR) (5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, King's Regiment; 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, [[Queen's Lancashire Regiment]]; [[Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers|Lancastrian Volunteers]]) until 1975, and as Colonel of the 1st Battalion, [[Liverpool Scottish]] (TA) from 1964.<ref name=debrett>{{cite book|editor-last=Mosley|editor-first=Charles |title=Debrett's Handbook 1982, Distinguished People in British Life|year=1981 |publisher=Debrett's Peerage Limited|page=472|isbn=0-905649-38-9}}</ref>
He was also honorary [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] of the Mersey Division of the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].<ref name=debrett/>
==Civilian career==
A [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Lancashire]] between 1946<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=37718 |page=4515 | date=10 September 1946}}</ref> and 1951, Lord Derby was appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire]] in 1951 in which capacity he served until 1968.
[[Knowsley, Merseyside|Knowsley Village]] benefited from his gift of [[St Mary's Church, Knowsley|St Mary's]] [[Church of England school]], [[playing fields]] and cottage to the [[Church Commissioners]] in 1949, followed by the transfer of the parish [[Advowson|benefice]] to the [[diocese of Liverpool]].
[[Stanley High School, Southport]], which he opened in 1952, was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Year at Stanley High School|url=https://www.hirewire.co.uk/Attachments/2013/03/14/ac3cff65_18fe_4506_b51c_429bcf153353_Annual_Review.pdf|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref>
He held the [[title of honor|honorary titles]] of [[Constable of Lancaster Castle]] between 1972 and 1994, and [[Pro-Chancellor]] of [[Lancaster University]] between 1964 and 1971.<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw204378/Edward-John-Stanley-18th-Earl-of-Derby www.npg.org.uk]</ref>
A director of [[Martins Bank]] and of [[Granada Television]], Lord Derby created [[Knowsley Safari Park]] in 1971 on his ancestral estate.<ref>[https://www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk/ www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk]</ref>
The [[Earl of Derby]] [[Scouting|Scout Troop]] planted a tree and erected a stone plaque in the grounds of [[Knowsley Hall]] in celebration of the quincentenary (1985) of the earldom's creation. Stanley was an active [[freemason]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Power of the Masons - Myth of Menace?|date= 13 July 1986|work= Sunday People}}</ref>
He is named as someone who lost a significant amount of money gambling in fast-paced Chemie games at [[John Aspinall (zoo owner)|John Aspinall]]'s gambling clubs.
==Family==
Lord Derby married Isabel Milles-Lade, daughter of the Hon. [[Henry Milles (cricketer)|Henry Milles-Lade]], in 1948. Their marriage was childless.
Lady Derby, who survived [[Knowsley Hall shootings|a deliberate attempt on her life]] in 1952, died in 1990; Lord Derby survived her by four years and died in 1994, aged 76, being succeeded in the family titles by his nephew, [[Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby|Edward Stanley]] as the [[Earl of Derby|19th Earl]].<ref>{{cite book
| editor-last = Mosley| editor-first = Charles
| title = [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage & Baronetage]]
| edition = 107th
| location = London
| publisher = Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd
| page = 1105 (DERBY, E)
| date = 2003
| isbn = 0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>
==Thoroughbred horse racing==
Following family tradition, Lord Derby was an owner of [[Thoroughbred horse racing|thoroughbred racehorses]]: his [[gelding]] [[Teleprompter (horse)|''Teleprompter'']] won the [[Arlington Million Trophy|1984]] [[Arlington Million]] at [[Arlington Park]], [[Illinois]].
===Related article===
* [[Epsom Derby]]
==Arms==
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|notes             = [[Coat of arms|arms]] adopted late 13c by Sir William Stanley, father of [[John I Stanley of the Isle of Man|Sir John Stanley <small>KG</small>]], [[King of Mann|titular King of Man]]
|adopted           =
|coronet           = That of an [[Earl]]<br>[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|35px]]
|crest             = On a Chapeau Gules doubled Ermine an Eagle wings extended Or preying on an Infant in its Cradle Proper swaddled Gules the Cradle laced Or
|torse             =
|helm              = That of a [[Peer of the realm|Peer]]
|escutcheon        = Argent on a Bend Azure three Stags' Heads cabossed Or
|supporters        = [[Dexter and sinister|Dexter]]: a Griffin wings elevated Or ducally collared and line reflexed over the back Azure<br>[[Dexter and sinister|Sinister]]: a Stag Or collared and lined of the Dexter
|compartment       =
|motto             = ''Sans Changer'' {{in lang|fr}}<br>(''Unchanging'')
|orders            = [[Circlet]] of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Order of St John (CStJ)]]<br>[[File:Ornements circlet Order of St John (UK) -vector.svg|25px]]
|other_elements    =
|banner            =
|badge             =
|symbolism         =
|previous_versions = [[File:Coat of arms of Sir William Stanley, KG.png|50px]] [[File:Sir John Stanley, Lord Lieut of Ireland, titular King of Man, KG.png|50px]] [[File:Quartered arms of Sir Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, KG.png|50px]]
}}
==See also==
* [[Earl of Derby]]
* [[House of Lords]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*{{Hansard-contribs | mr-edward-stanley-5 | the Earl of Derby }}
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: [[St Martin's Press]], 1990.
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