James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
English Royalist peer (1607-1651) · Politicians · Died at 44
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman, politician, and supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Before inheriting the title in 1642 he was known as Lord Strange. He was feudal Lord of the Isle of Man, where he was known as "Yn Stanlagh Mooar".
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Artist's impression (1864) of Lathom House, at the time of the Civil War. Built in 1496 by Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (circa 1435-1504). It had 18 towers, was surrounded by a wall 6 feet thick and a moat 8 yards wide, its drawbridge defended by a gateway tower. In the centre was a tall tower known as the Eagle Tower
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, after van Dyck, Collection of Government of Isle of Man
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, portrait by Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), Tabley House, Knutsford, Cheshire. Stanley was a man of deep religious feeling and of great nobility of character
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby with his wife Charlotte de La Trémoille and one of their daughters. Painting by van Dyck, circa 1631-1641
