The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-24
o BIT U A r Y
Earl of Derby.

The cable announces the death on YESTERDAY moon.
ing, in his SEVENTEEN year. OF the Earl OF Derby
Edward Geofrey Stanley. fourteenth Earl OF Derby
and Baron Stanley, was born at Knowlsey Park near
Liverpool. in 1899. He spent his early years at
Eaton. where, as afterwards at Christ Church
College, oxford he distinguished himself by che Gle.
gancs Of his Latin yerscatioa In 1919 he obtained
the Chauceors prize for Latin az oxford. The
subject was Syracuse" and he rected his poem
AT the oommem0raton 10 the Sheldonaa theatre,
amid rounds OF applause. He did not graduate at
Oxford, probably because he found that he could
not take the first place In his class. In 1884, through
family influence ne was sent to the House OF Com
mons from Stockbrldge. On coming OF age about
this time. he travelled extensively, and visited. in
company with Mr.. stuart W0rtley and Mr., Denns0n,
Canada and the United states. which strenRthene
and condrned for the tine his liberal IDEAS In the
House OF Commons he remained a silent member
until 1924, when he spoke upon subject OF local
interest in way that induced his hearers to con-
slider him young man OF great promise as a public
speaker. His second effort. on the Irish Church.
exhibited the readiness. aptitude and ability
Of experienced orator, and gained him an
acknowledged position. ana from that day forth he
was act down ~ . "man of mark He then
belonged TO the liberal party In 1896 no was chosen
TO Parliament from the borough OF Preston, ana In
1919. OH Tile iOTulhuUH VI LOFu CABINET,
he was sworn in member OF the Priyy Council ana
appointed Under Secretary OF state for tho Colonies
where he was initiated into diplomatic mysteries
Upon seeking reelection his former constituents
rejected him for more democratic candidate.
By the resignation In hts favor OF the member from
windsor he again appeared in Parliament remain
ing until 1882, when ne was again elected from Ian
cashire. and held his seat as long as he was con.
nected with the Lower House
In 1880, 1t may DO added that he was Chief Secre-
tary for ireland, under Lord Grey's administration
Ia 1884 MS political relations were changed. Having
been an ardent liberal he became thenceforth .
conservative, ana withdrew from the Ministry in
company with Sir James Graham, tho Duke OF Rich
mond and the Earl OF Rpon, and In November he
formally Joined the great conservative party During
the period OF the reform agitation, In which ne had
voted for the repeal OF the test and corporation
acts. FOR Catholic emancipation and FOR the Refo rm
bill, OF 1882 he had particularly signazed himself as
an orator OF great power and ability, and on that
subject and on colonial matters no was q IRE.
quent and fluent speaker. In 1886 Lord
Stanley. as he was then called. was an
ayowed supporter OF Sir Robert Peel's administra.
ernment and when that statesman retired, the fol
lowing April he went with HIM into opposition.
In ls4l the election gave 3 Robert Peel large ma
iority and he returned TO ONCE, and LORD Stanley
became again Secretary OF State for the Colonies,
where he acted with his leader until 1874 at which
time. having been raised to the peerage, as Lord
Stanley OF Brickerstae, during his fathers life
tme he was transferred to the House OF Lords, and
separated from Sir Robert Peel on the question OF
law he placed himself al the head ' Of
having disorganized The wings and the Peelites or
conservatives, with the aid OF Lord @. Bentinck and
Of ONCE. in 1857 BY the death OF his father Lord
Stanley became the Earl OF Derby. With Mr.. Dis
raei as leader In the Commons Lord Derby held
once for ten months but passed no measure Of
purely protective character. The Ministry being de-
feated on the budget OF Mr. Disraeli resigned, and
was followed by Lord Aberdeen, at the head of q
t.coaiNionu Ministry he IaarM tuiu
try. In 1856 Lord Derby had an opportunity OF con.
STRUGGLING protectionist administration, but de-
clined the plea that Ministry that
ne could form could stand is ground. subsequently,
for three years he led the opposition 10 the House
OF Lords, and In February, 1858 formed his second
administration. the Reform bill having been re-
Jected March 81 1859. he appealed TO the coun-
try. The result, although favorable. did not give q
sufficient majority to the conservatives and being
defeated IN the House, they resigned June H. 1855.
me fall OF Lord Russels second administration In
June, 1885, led TO the formation OF Lord Derby's
third Administration which lasted Tor several
months, during which, aided by the consummate tact
OF Mr. Disraell the Reform bin was passed soon
after this event the Earl resigned In favor OF MIR
Dsrae. his health preventing his continuing at the
head OF the Ministry.
1852 Lord Derby was elected Chancellor OF the Uni-
yerslty OF oxford, and on the retirement Of nls
Garter. In 1855 Lord Derby published tran slafon
In blank verse OF the iitad or Homer which has
been highly praised by persons best qualified to
express opinion on the subject. IL had an
extended sale. Recently another translation by the
Earl was published which received the same
encomiums That Its predecessor did. In fact, as a
classical scholar there was probably 10 superior IN
England TO tho deceased nobleman, while as a
literary character he ranked n'gh. Hts style OF
writing was notably pure and elevated and marked
by much originality OF thought.
The eardom OF Derby was confirmed by Henry
VII in 1885, on ms ancestors IN the old aud heroic
family Of Stanley, OF Lancashire. for devotion and
prowess on BoswoIth ioId. For more than two
centuries under the suzerainty OF the British King
the Earls or Derby aOvereigns or the Isle OF
Man, and II only IN the reign or George III that
the sovereignty OF tue island was transferred TO the
British Crown.
In 1928 LorG Derby married Emma Caroline,
daughter OF the hrst Lord Skemersdale, and has
had three children, Of whom Lord Stanley. now sec.
reary OF Foreign Affairs born IN 1925 succeeds to the
carbon and the immense ancestral estates In Ire
land and England. Lord Derbyis greatest oratorcal
displays were IN the House OF Commons when COM
batng the doctrines OF Daniel 0'Connell and Richard
La0r Shir. when he received from OConnell the ap.
pellation OF scorpion StanleYn He was At the head
OF the tory party aud very pillar OF The aristoeracy
In england his death Will undoubtedly be greatly
fet by ms party, whose chief he had been 80 long,
ana oy me people, who while they were opposed 10
his politics admired as brilliant talents a. STATES.
mau.