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unusual facts about Lord Derby



Baron St Leonards

It was created in 1852 for Sir Edward Sugden, Lord Chancellor in Lord Derby's 1852 administration.

Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards

In Lord Derby's first government in 1852 be became Lord Chancellor (of Great Britain) and was raised to the peerage as Baron St Leonards, of Slaugham in the County of Sussex.

Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

The Duchess of Wellington was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria in 1861 by the Liberal Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, and continued in that role until 1868, serving through the governments of Lord Russell, Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli.

Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson

In the House of Lords Lord Nelson supported the Protectionist Tories under Lord Derby, and served as party chief whip in the Lords.

John Charteris

Haig was later forced to dismiss Charteris after Charteris angered Lord Derby, then Secretary of State for War.

Joseph E. Widener

In 1930, he imported the stallion Sickle from Lord Derby in England who came to visit the U.S. that year and was Widener's guest at the 1930 Kentucky Derby.

Knowsley Hall Music Festival

Barton approached Lord Derby to use the grounds of Knowsley Hall as it was an ideal venue for an atmospheric festival he said.

Nat Flatman

In 1858 he came under criticism for the ride he gave Lord Derby's Toxopheolite in the Derby, but when Sam Rogers rode the same horse to defeat in the St. Leger his reputation was restored.

During his career, Flatman won the patronage of many significant owners, including Lord George Bentinck, the Earl of Chesterfield, Admiral Rous, Lord Stradbroke and Lord Derby.

Ogden Mills Phipps

The son of major Thoroughbred owner/breeder Ogden Phipps, his grandmother Gladys Mills Phipps owned the renowned Wheatley Stable, and great-grandfather Ogden Mills, involved with Thoroughbreds beginning near the end of the 19th century, owned racing stables in the United States and was a partner with Lord Derby in a racing stable in France.

Pier Head

In January 1896, the two bodies began discussions, with the Corporation's team headed by Lord Derby (who was then the Lord Mayor), and the Board's representatives led by Robert Gladstone, a member of the Liverpool family of which W.E. Gladstone was the best-known.

Robert Archibald Armstrong

Lord Derby advised her majesty to cheer the last days of the veteran scholar by a grant of £100 from the Royal Bounty Fund; and in 1869 Queen Victoria, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Gladstone, granted an annual pension of £50 to his widow.

Royal Oak

After the defeat of Charles's Royalist army at the hands of Cromwell's New Model Army, the King fled with Lord Derby, Lord Wilmot and other royalists, seeking shelter at the safe houses of White Ladies Priory and Boscobel House.

Statue of Edward VII, Bootle

The statue was given to the borough by the local Member of Parliament, and stands on land given to the borough by Lord Derby.


see also

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

Lord Derby left in MS. A Discourse concerning the Government of the Isle of Man (printed in the Stanley Papers and in Francis Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, vol. ii.) and several volumes of historical collections, observations, devotions (Stanley Papers) and a commonplace book.

Rufford Old Hall

By about 1585 Shakespeare had joined a company of players kept by Lord Strange, son of Lord Derby, probably having been recommended by Sir Thomas.