Henrietta Maria Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley, was a British Canadian-born political hostess and campaigner for the education of women in England.
Lady Stanley of Alderley in 1860, by Richard James Lane
Stained glass window at St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley in memory of Lord and Lady Stanley's daughters Margaret Olga, Cecilia, and Mary Ethelfreda Stanley, who died young
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley,, known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician. He served as Postmaster General between 1860 and 1866.
Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley
…than Victorian in her conversation. Her French and Italian were faultless, and she was passionately interested in Italian unity. In Florence she met Edward Stanley and married him on 7 October 1826. She became Baroness Eddisbury when her husband was created a peer in 1848. Two years later he succeeded as Baron…
The 2nd Baron of Alderley, c. 1865
Lord Stanley's tomb at St Mary's, with a brass plaque featuring an engraving of his wife and their 12 children