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Emma Caroline Smith Stanley, Countess of Derby

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Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley was the Countess of Derby and wife of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times in the mid-19th century.

She was the second daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale.

She married Edward Smith-Stanley in May 1825. They had three children:

  • Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, eldest son
  • Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, second son, one of Canada's Governors-General and the man after whom the Stanley Cup is named.
  • Lady Emma Charlotte Stanley, only daughter, d. 23 August 1928 married Wellington Patrick Manvers Chetwynd Talbot, son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot

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