Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley

Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley,

Early life and family

Stanley was the second child and first son of Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley and Mary Katherine Bell. On 29 August 1905 he married Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon. They had five children:

• Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley (30 May 1906 – 1981)
• Edward John Stanley (9 October 1907 – 3 March 1971), the 6th Baron
• Pamela Margaret Stanley (6 September 1909 – 30 June 1991), the actress Pamela Stanley^[1]
• Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley (22 October 1915 – 23 June 1971), the 7th Baron
• Victoria Venetia Stanley, the actress "Tordie" Woods (29 June 1917 – 2007)^[2]

Political career

Stanley was educated at

Stanley had been commissioned an officer in the Royal Anglesey Engineers Militia in May 1900, and saw active service in South Africa during the Second Boer War. He was promoted to captain on 6 December 1902.^[3]

In 1913 he was serving as

In 1925 he succeeded his father to the three baronies and was known by the Stanley title. He died in August 1931 of a bacterial infection, actinomycosis. He was succeeded by his son Edward.

In his capacity as former Governor of Victoria, he attended the Covent Garden farewell of the Australian soprano Nellie Melba, and made a speech thanking her for her artistry and war-work. HMV recorded several excerpts of the evening, including Lord Stanley's speech, all of which can be heard on CD today.^[4][5]

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