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 144 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. , Argent, on a chevron between thf ee lions' heads erased, gules, three ermine spots, or. Crest, A raven rising, proper, in the beak an annulet, or. .Supportrrg, On either side a lion, gules, charged on the body with five ermine spots in cross, or. Seat, Stony Middleton, by Sheffield, Derbyshire. DENMAN, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Thomas, 1 st Baron Denman, (son of Thomas Denman, Esq. M.D. of Mount-street). He was b. Feb. 23, 1779; was chosen Common Serjeant of the City of London, in 1822; was Attorney- General, 18302 ; in the latter year he became Lord .Chief Justice of England ; was raised to the peerage, 1834. and retired from the Bench, 1850 : m. Oct. 18, 1804, Theodosia Anne, daughter of the Rev. R. Vevers, Rector of Kettering, (she a'. 1852) : and d. Sept. 22, 18-04, having had issue eight sons and seven daughters. DERBY, EARL OF. (STANLEY.) EDWARD HENRY STANLEY, P.O. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 15th Earl, and a Baronet. Born July 21st, 1826; succeeded his father in 1 869 ; was educated at Rugby, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, (M.A. 1st class in Classics, and Mathematics, 1848) ; was Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1852, Secretary for the Colonies (March to June) 1858, President of the Board of Control (June to Sept.) 1858, Secretary of State for India, 18589, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Without changing. igQQ g, to which office he was reap- pointed 1874; elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, 1868. Is a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Lanca- shire, Chairman of the Annual General Sessions of that county, and of the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions, a Trustee of the British Museum, High Steward of the borough of King's Lynn, and Hon. Col. of the 1st Lanca- shire Rifle Volunteer Corps. Sat as M.P. for Lynn Regis, 184869; unsuccessfully contested Lancaster, 1848. Married (1870) Mary Catherine, 2nd daughter of the 4th Earl Delawarr, and widow of James, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, K.G. Brother living, Frederick Arthur, M.P. heir presumptive, b. 1841; was educated at Eton , entered the Grenadier Guards, 1858, became Capt. and Adjutant, 1862, retired, 1865 : is a Magistrate for Lancashire and Westmoreland; was M P. for Preston (C.) 18(558, when he was elected for North Lancashire ; is Lieut.-Col. 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, ap- pointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1868, and Financial Secretary to the War Office 18/4 : m. 1864, Lady Constance Villiers, daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon, K.G., and has, with other issue, Edward George Villiers, b. 1865. Residence, 5, Portland-place, W. Sea, Witherslack-hall Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire. Clubs, Carlton, White's, Guards'. Sister living, Emma. Charlotte, b. 1835, m. I860, (Talbot). Patron of sixteen livings, Knowsley, V. Bickerstaff, V. Newburgh, V. Winwick. R. Bury, R. Newchurch, R. Lowton, R. Ormskirk, V. Newton-in-Makerfield, R. Rohy, V. Huyton, V. Gnlborne, R. Ashton-le- Willows, R. Lancashire. Holy Trinity, R. Chester, Macclesfield Forest Chapel, Prestbury, Cheshire; Bailsworth, R. Yorkshire. Creations, Earl of Derby, 1485, in the peerage of England, Baron Stanley of Bicker - staffe, 1832, in the peerage of the United Kingdom. A Baronet, 1627. (jjrtns, Argent, on a bend, azure, three bucks' heads, cabossed, or. Crest, On a chapeau, gules, turned up ermine, an eagle, wings extended, or, preying on a child, proper, swaddled, gules, in a cradle laced, or. jfhtpportrrs, Dexter, a griffin, wings elevated, or, ducally collared, and line reflexed over the back, azure ; sinister, a stag, or, collared and lined as the dexter. Seat, Knowsley-park, Prescot, Lancashire. Town Residence, 23, St. James's-square, S.W. Clubs, Carlton, Travellers'.