Anne Stanley was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Derby and, through her two marriages, became Baroness Chandos and later Countess of Castlehaven. She was a distant re
Grey Brydges, baron Chandos, first husband of Anne Stanley
Mervyn Touchet, Earl of Castlehaven, second husband of Anne Stanley. The names of the members of the jury in his trial are listed below the image.
James Touchet, Baron Audley, was Anne Stanley's stepson and son in law. His complaint to the Privy Council led to his father's trial and execution.
Alice Spencer, countess of Derby, the influential mother of Anne Stanley
Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, was an English nobleman who was convicted of rape and sodomy and subsequently executed.
The original signed Confession of Faith of Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven that was read out at his request on the scaffold on 14 May 1631 at Tower Hill in London immediately prior to his execution by beheading.
