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Monarch
  
King George V

Name
  
Arthur 5th

Preceded by
  
Sir John Fuller, Bt

Role
  
Member of Parliament

Party
  
Liberal Party

Nationality
  
British


Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley

Born
  
14 September 1875 London, England, UK (
1875-09-14
)

Spouse(s)
  
Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon

Died
  
August 22, 1931, London, United Kingdom

Children
  
Pamela Stanley, Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley

Education
  
Eton College, Balliol College

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Succeeded by
  
The Earl of Stradbroke

Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley KCMG (14 September 1875 – 22 August 1931), also 5th Baron Sheffield and 4th Baron Eddisbury, was an English nobleman and Governor of Victoria from 1914 to 1920.

Stanley was the second child and first son of Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley and Mary Katherine Bell. On 29 August 1905 he married Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon. They had five children:

  • Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley (30 May 1906 – 1981)
  • Edward John Stanley (9 October 1907 – 3 March 1971), the 6th Baron
  • Pamela Margaret Stanley (born 6 September 1909), the actress Pamela Stanley
  • Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley (22 October 1915 – 23 June 1971), the 7th Baron
  • Victoria Venetia Stanley (born 29 June 1917)
  • Stanley was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford where obtained a BA in 1898. In 1902 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. In 1904 he became a London County Councillor and in 1906 became Liberal Member of Parliament for Eddisbury in Cheshire near the family seat. Whilst an MP he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Postmaster General serving under Sydney Buxton. His sister, Venetia Stanley, was a close correspondent of the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party, H. H. Asquith.

    In 1913 he was serving as High Sheriff of Anglesey when he was appointed Governor of Victoria. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) and took up his post on 23 February 1914. He served a five-year term and an additional year until relinquishing the post on 30 January 1920, although he had returned to Britain the previous year due to ill health. In the 1923 General election he stood unsuccessfully as Liberal candidate for Knutsford, losing by 80 votes to Conservative, Sir Ernest Makins. From 1925 to 1928 he was Chairman of the Royal Colonial Institute and of the East Africa Joint Committee.

    In 1925 he succeeded his father to the three baronies and was known by the Stanley title. He died in August 1931 of a bacterial infection, actinomycosis. He was succeeded by his son Edward.

    In his capacity as former Governor of Victoria, he attended the Covent Garden farewell of the Australian soprano Nellie Melba, and made a speech thanking her for her artistry and war-work. HMV recorded several excerpts of the evening, including Lord Stanley's speech, all of which can be heard on CD today.

    References

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