monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality party primeminister birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
george vi malcolm macdonald malcolm macdonald 16 october 1938 marylebone , london marylebone , london british conservative neville chamberlain 9 july 1894 secretary of state for dominion affairs 16 may 1938 hon. sibyl cadogan -lrb- 1893 -- 1969 -rrb- edward 1894 -rrb-
 stanley , lord stanley -lrb- politician , born 16 october 1938 lord stanley magdalen college , oxford
edward stanley , lord stanley -lrb- politician , born article_title_10:1894 article_title_11:-rrb-

edward montagu cavendish stanley , lord stanley , pc , mc -lrb- 9 july 1894 -- 16 october 1938 -rrb- was a british conservative politician .
the eldest son of the 17th earl of derby , he held minor political office before being appointed secretary of state for dominion affairs in 1938 , sitting in the cabinet alongside his brother oliver stanley .
however , stanley died only a few months after this appointment , aged 44 , with his oldest son , edward john stanley , succeeding to the earldom in his stead .
