William stanley 6th earl of derby biography
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG was an English nobleman and politician.
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG ( – 29 September ) was an English nobleman and politician..
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
English nobleman and politician
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG (&#;– 29 September ) was an Englishnobleman and politician.
Stanley inherited a prominent social position that was both dangerous and unstable, as his mother was heir to Queen Elizabeth I under the Third Succession Act, a position inherited in by his deceased brother's oldest daughter, Anne, two years after William had inherited the Earldom from his brother.
After a period of European travel in his youth, a long legal battle eventually consolidated his social position.
William Stanley was the second son of Henry Stanley, fourth Earl of Derby, and his wife, Margaret Clifford, great-granddaughter of Henry 7.Nevertheless, he was careful to remain circumspect in national politics, devoting himself to administration and cultural projects, including playwriting.
His own literary works are lost or unidentified, but in the s he was put forward as one of the contenders to be the true author of the works of William Shakespeare, according to some proponents of the Shakespeare authorship question.
Early life
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