William Stanley
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- William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth)William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth)Sir William Stanley was an English soldier and the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. Stanley fought with his troops in several battles of the Wars of the Roses.-Private life:...
(c. 1435–1495), English military leader in the Wars of the Roses - William Stanley (Elizabethan)William Stanley (Elizabethan)Sir William Stanley , son of Sir Rowland Stanley of Hooton , was a member of the Stanley family. He was an officer and a recusant, who served under Elizabeth I of England and is most noted for his surrender of Deventer to the Spanish in 1587.-Early career:Stanley was educated with Dr. Standish at...
(1548–1630), English military commander under Queen Elizabeth I - William Stanley, 6th Earl of DerbyWilliam Stanley, 6th Earl of DerbyWilliam Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman. 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 that fell to his deceased brother's oldest daughter in 1596,...
(1561–1642), English nobleman - William Stanley (1640–1670), English MP for Liverpool
- William Stanley (priest) (1647–1731), English academic, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St Asaph
- William Stanley, 9th Earl of DerbyWilliam Stanley, 9th Earl of DerbyWilliam Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby , styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer.Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven...
(c. 1655–1702), English nobleman - William Owen StanleyWilliam Owen StanleyHon. William Owen Stanley was a British Liberal politician.Stanley was a twin son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, and Lady Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield. His brother was Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley...
(1802–1884), British MP and Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - William Stanley (inventor) (1829–1909), founder of Harris Academy South Norwood school
- William E. StanleyWilliam E. StanleyWilliam Eugene Stanley was the 15th Governor of Kansas.-External links:*...
(1844–1910), American politician, Governor of Kansas - William Stanley, Jr.William Stanley, Jr.William Stanley, Jr. was an American physicist born in Brooklyn, New York. In his career, he obtained 129 patents covering a variety of electric devices.-Biography:...
(1858–1916), American physicist and electrical engineer - William Stanley (Hawaii)William Stanley (Hawaii)William Frederick L. Stanley was an Irish lawyer who served as judge of the Republic of Hawaii.-Life:Stanley was born in Dublin, Ireland in March 1872. His father was James Charles Stanley and mother was Catherine Lucas. After common school education in Dover, England and Dublin, he studied at...
(1872–1939) Irish lawyer and judge of the Republic of Hawaii. - William Stanley (football manager)William Stanley (football manager)William Stanley was the first ever manager of Coventry City, then known as Singers FC, from 1883 to 1885. Although little is known of him he is now credited with being the true founder of the club, organising a team made up of employees from the Singer bicycle factory in Coventry...
, British footballer and first manager of Coventry City F.C. - William O. StanleyWilliam O. StanleyWilliam Oliver Stanley,Jr. is a former professor in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the Urbana College of Education. He was one of the founders of the social foundations of education, an approach to the sociology of education....
, American professor