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Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby

Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby

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Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Bootle-Wilbraham, 1805 – 26 April 1876) was the wife of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times in the mid-19th century.

Lady Derby in 1861

The second daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale, she married Edward Smith-Stanley in May 1825. They had three children:[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Emma Caroline Smith-Stanley, Countess of Derby
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend Azure three bucks’ heads caboshed Or (Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby) impaling Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent three bendlets wavy Azure 2nd & 3rd Gules on a chevron engrailed between three combs Argent as many crosses patee fitchee of the field (Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale).[4]
Supporters
Dexter a griffin wings elevated Or sinister a stag Or each ducally collared with line reflexed over the back Azure.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. [2]
    Lundy, Darryl (19 January 2013). "Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby". Thepeerage.com. Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Lady Emma Charlotte Talbot (née Stanley)". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. [4]
    Debrett's Peerage. 1847.
  5. [5]
    Burke's Peerage. 1858.


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