He was the eldest son and heir of the Seventeentn Karl oj Derby, ana Was a close friend of the Duke of Windsor. Worn in the same year—
1894—they were at'kton and Mag-alien College, Oxiord, together.
On the outbreak of the Great War, they were both commissioned in the Guards, and received their first promotion within a few days of one another. In the course of the campaign, Lord Stanley was wounded, and, for conspicuous gallantry, he was awarded the Military Cross, and the Italian Croce di Guerra.
From 1916 io 1917, Lord Stanley was adjutant to the Household Battalion, He retired with the rank of Captain.
In 1917, he was elected for the old Abercromby Division of Liverpool, and he was such a popular Candidate that his opponent polled only 794 votes. He represented that division until 1918, when it was swept away in the Redistribution of Seats Bill. After 1922, Lord Stanley represented the Fylde Division of Lancashire, a county with which his family had long and intimate as~ sociations.
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