William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle, 4th Earl of Derby
Dates: c.1515–1562
Biography
English nobleman and hereditary lord of the Stanley family estates. He was the 4th Earl of Derby during the Elizabethan period and is identified in the registry as the person who alienated Ellesmere and its sub-manors.
Notes / Sources
The approximate birth year is used because published accounts vary in the precision of his early life dates.
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