William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561 – 29 September 1642) was an English nobleman.
He was a son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford. His mother was heiress presumptive of Elizabeth I of England from 1578 to her own death in 1596.
His maternal grandparents were Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Eleanor was the third child of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
He married Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil. The latter's maternal grandparents were William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and his second wife Mildred Cooke. Mildred was the eldest daughter of Anthony Cooke and his wife Anne Fitzwilliam. They had five children:
- James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (31 January 1607 – 15 October 1651).
- Robert Stanley (d. 1632).
- Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancram (d. 1657). Married first Sir Henry Portman and secondly Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Ancram.
- Elizabeth Stanley. Died young.
- Elizabeth Stanley. Named after deceased older sister. Died young.
Shakespearean authorship question
It has been suggested by proponents of the Shakespearean authorship
question that he is the true author of
Derby was also closely associated with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke and his brother Phillip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery and Later 4th Earl of Pembroke, the two dedicatees of the 1623 Shakespearean folio. Circa 1628-29, when Derby released his estates to his son James, who became the 7th Earl, the named trustees were Pembroke and Montgomery.
External links
- A biographical article on him
- Stanley's patronage of theater and/or music: Patrons and Performances Web Site
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| Theories | Oxfordian theory · Baconian theory · Marlovian
theory Chronology of Shakespeare's plays – Oxfordian |
| Candidates | Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford · Francis Bacon · Christopher Marlowe · William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby · Edward Dyer · Henry Neville · Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland · Mary Sidney |
| Theorists and supporters | J. Thomas Looney · Charlton Ogburn · Irvin Leigh Matus · James Wilmot · Calvin Hoffman · James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance · George Greenwood · Mark Twain |
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Title last held by
The 4th Earl of Derby |
Lord Lieutenant of
Cheshire and Lancashire jointly with Lord Strange 1626–1642 1607–1642 |
English Interregnum |
| Vice-Admiral of
Cheshire and Lancashire 1607–1638 |
Succeeded by Lord Strange |
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| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Ferdinando Stanley |
Earl of Derby 1594–1642 |
Succeeded by James Stanley |
| Head of State of the Isle of Man | ||
| Preceded by Robert Cecil |
Lord of Mann 1609–1612 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Stanley |
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