Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot
Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot( c. 1332–1387) was an English nobleman and soldier.
He was the grandfather of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby
Robert II de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby( c. 1100 – 1162) was a younger, but eldest surviving son of Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby and his wife Hawise.
He succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1139( William, his elder brother, having been murdered in London some time before).
He was head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire including an area later known as Duffield Frith.
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, 3rd Earl of Ossory, Viscount Thurles( c. 153122 November 1614), was an Irish peer and the son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald daughter and heiress- general of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond.
He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland and a very prominent personage during the latter part of the 16th century.
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655 – 5 November 1702), styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer and politician.
Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven.
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1672 and later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1676 to 1687 and again from 1688 to 1701 and of Cheshire from 1676 to 1687.
Lord Derby married Lady Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, in 1673.
His only son James Stanley, Lord Strange, predeceased him.
On his death in November 1702
his junior title of Baron Strange fell into abeyance between his two daughters (it was later called out abeyance in favour of the eldest daughter, Henrietta).
He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby.
Lady Derby died in 1717.
John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl of Waterford( 1601 – 8 February 1654), was an English nobleman.
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland( c. 1456 – 6 February 1499) was an English peer.
He was the grandfather of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby (19 January 1628 – 21 December 1672) was an English nobleman and politician.
He was the eldest son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille.
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (3 July 16641 February 1736), styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.
Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Clitheroe in 1685, a seat he held until 1689, and then represented Preston from 1689 to 1690 and Lancashire from 1695 to 1702.
He held the post of Groom of the Bedchamber to King William III from 1689 to 1702.
In 1702, he succeeded his elder brother as 10th Earl of Derby and entered the House of Lords.
In 1706, Derby was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a position he retained until 1710, and was later Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1715 to 1723.
He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire during 1702–1710 and 1714–1736.
In 1732, he succeeded his great-niece as sixth Baron Strange.
Lord Derby married Mary Morley, daughter of Sir William Morley and Anne Denham, daughter of the celebrated poet Sir John Denham.
He died in February 1736, aged 68, without surviving male issue.
The barony of Strange was passed on to his first cousin once removed, James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl.
He was succeeded in the earldom by his distant relative Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby.
Lady Derby died in 1752.
Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven
Alexander Leslie- Melville, 10th Earl of Leven, 9th Earl of Melville( 1817 – 1889)
He was the son of John Leslie- Melville, 9th Earl of Leven.
He was a partner in Williams.
Deacon& Co, and was a Representative Peer for Scotland( Conservative) from 1880 to 1889.
He was succeeded by his half- brother Ronald Ruthven Leslie- Melville, 11th Earl of Leven, 10th Earl of Melville( 1835 – 1906).
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby( 27 September 1689 – 22 February 1776), known as Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Baronet, from 1714 to 1736, was a British nobleman, peer, and politician.
Derby was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet, and Elizabeth Patten, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1714.
This branch of the Stanley family, known as the" Stanleys of Bickerstaffe", were descended from Sir James Stanley, younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1723.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Lancashire in 1727, a seat he held until 1736, when he succeeded his distant relative James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, as eleventh Earl of Derby, and took his seat in the House of Lords.
He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1741 to 1757 and again from 1771 to 1776.
Lord Derby married Elizabeth Hesketh, daughter of Robert Hesketh, in 1714.
He died in February 1776, aged 86, and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson Edward, his son James Smith- Stanley, Lord Strange, having predeceased him.
His daughter, Lady Charlotte Stanley, married General John Burgoyne.
His great- great- grandson Edward Smith- Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, was three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of James Stanley, 10Th Earl Of Derby?