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Sir Arthur Stanley GCVO GBE CB (18 November 1869 – 4 November 1947) was a British Conservative politician, humanitarian, and Chairman of the Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in England during World War I and World War II.
Arthur Stanley may refer to: Arthur Stanley (politician) (1869–1947), British Conservative politician; Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875–1931), English nobleman and Governor of Victoria; Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr. (1901–2001), U.S. federal judge; Arthur J. Stanley (1853–1935), English footballer
It was presented by Canada's 6th Governor General, Frederick Arthur Stanley, son of the 14th Earl of Derby and himself a Baron. Born in London in 1841, the sports loving Englishman was educated at Eton and the Military College, and was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards, but shortly after chose politics as a career.
- Early Life and Family
- Education, Military Service and Political Career
- Marriage and Children
- Governor General of Canada
- The Stanley Cup
- Later Life
- Legacy
Frederick Arthur Stanley was the second son of Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1852, 1858–59 and 1866–68, and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham, the daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale and Member of Parliament. The Stanley family is descended from Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby,...
Frederick Arthur Stanley received his secondary education at Eton College in Windsor. He joined the Grenadier Guards regiment in 1858 and retired as a captain in 1865, when he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Preston, a constituency near his family’s estates in Lancashire. He served in a series of government posts, including Lord o...
On 31 May 1864, Frederick Arthur Stanley married Lady Constance Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Lady Katherine Barham. The couple had 10 children, eight of whom survived to adulthood: Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (1865–1948); Victor Stanley (1867–1934); Arthur Stanley (1869–1947); Brigadier-General Ferdinand C...
In 1886, Frederick Arthur Stanley received the title of Baron Stanley of Preston. On 1 February 1888, British prime minister Lord Salisbury offered him the position of governor general of Canada. He arrived in Quebec with his wife and four of their children in June. Lady Stanley wrote to her sister that “[Frederick] has made a very great and good i...
Frederick Arthur Stanley and his family assumed a leadership role in the development of ice hockey in late-19th-century Canada. Stanley attended his first hockey game at the Winter Carnival in 1889, which the Montreal Gazette described as “one of the finest exhibitions of the Canadian national winter game.” He later commissioned a rink on the Ridea...
Following his return to the United Kingdom, the new Earl of Derby became the lord mayor of Liverpool from 1895 to 1896, the first chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 1903 and president of the British Empire League in 1904. He devoted much of his time in his later years to philanthropy and horse racing. He died of heart failure in 1908.
Stanley was honoured by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 as an “honoured builder” of the sport in Canada. The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy awarded to a professional sports team in North America. The National Women’s Hockey League’s championship trophy is the Isobel Cup, named in honour of Stanley’s daughter, Isobel, and her participation in Cana...
Sir Arthur Stanley, GCVO, GBE, CB (18 Nov 1869 – 4 Nov 1947) was a British Conservative politician. Born Arthur Stanley, he was the third son of Frederick Stanley, Lord Stanley (later 16th Earl of Derby) and travelled to Canada with his father on the latter's appointment as Governor General of Canada in 1888, becoming an ice hockey player and ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · Wilson, Volume I: The Road to the White House Arthur Stanley Link, Jr. This first volume of a biography that covers the years 1902-1912, which include Wilson's presidency of Princeton, his governorship of New Jersey, and his election to the Presidency. It seeks to get at the reasons behind his actions in...
Stanley: Pretitle: Sir: Forenames: Arthur: Gender: Male: Date: 1869-1947: Biography: ODNB link for Stanley, Sir Arthur (1869-1947) Knight Diplomat Politician and Philanthropist: Name...
