William Owen Stanley
William Owen Stanley | |
|---|---|
Anglesey | |
| In office 1837-1847 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1802 |
| Died | 24 February 1884 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Ellin Williams (m. 1832) |
| Parent(s) | John Holroyd (grandfather) (grandfatehr)John Stanley |
Hon. William Owen Stanley (13 November 1802 – 24 February 1884)[1] was a British Liberal Party[2] politician.
Life
Stanley was the son of
John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield. His elder twin brother was Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley.[3] He became a solicitor.[4] Stanley married Ellin Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire in 1832. He was heir to Penrhos estate in Anglesey where he lived throughout his life.[5]
Stanley was a
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey 2 March 1869 – 24 February 1884,[9] Stanley was a captain and adjutant in the Grenadier Guards.[2] As an antiquarian of wide reputation, he was the author of Anglesey (1871) and contributed many Celtic contributions, especially on Celtic subjects and his excavations at Holyhead and Castell, Anglesey,[10] to Archaeologia Cambrensis. In 1855 he oversaw the building of Holyhead Market Hall
, which stands today, albeit as a library and offices.
Stanley donated a collection of antiquities from Anglesey to the
St Cybi's Church, Holyhead
.
References
- ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ a b The Handbook of the Court; the Peerage; and the House of Commons. 1862. p. 154. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74489. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Menter Mechell History Society
- ^ Cheshire Record Office
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- ^ Nether Alderley – The Family Tree of Stanley of Alderley
- ^ Stanley, The Amphitheatre of Castell in Anglesey; The Chambered Tumulus in Plas Newydd Park, Anglesey.
- ^ British Museum Collection
External links
Works by or about William Owen Stanley at Wikisource- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Owen Stanley
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