Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the U
Lord Derby c. 1867, W. & D. Downey
Portrait of the Earl of Derby by Frederick Richard Say, 1844
1852 illustration of Derby
Derby in 1861
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, known as Lord Palmerston, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to his deat
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
…to form a stronger government after a short-lived failed administration led by one of the Conservative Party's rivals such as Lord John Russell or Lord Palmerston. In 1858, Derby formed another minority government upon the resignation of Lord Palmerston following a parliamentary defeat to an opposition motion…
Palmerston in 1857
Temple (age 18) in 1802, by Thomas Heaphy
Statue of Lord Palmerston, Parliament Square, London, by Thomas Woolner
Statue of Palmerston in Southampton