James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
(1607-1651)
son of William Stanley,
6th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth de Vere
Born 31 January 1607 Knowsley, co.Lancaster
Died 15 October 1651 Bolton, Lancs. (beheaded)
Married 26 June 1626 's-Gravenhage
Charlotte de La Tremouille
Born circa 1602
Died 31 March 1664 Chester
Buried Ormskirk
Born in Knowsley, County Lancaster, he was M.P. for Liverpool in 1625.
On 26 June 1626 he married Charlotte de La Tremouille and they became
the parents of six children. In 1642 he was one of the first to join the
King at York and, being that year Lord Lieutenant of North Wales as well
as of Cheshire and Lancashire, he had intended to set up the
Royal Standard in those parts. He subsequently moved to the Isle of
Man to secure that place while his wife sustained the celebrated siege
of Lathom House. He was nominated Knight of The Garter but never installed.
He fought on the Royalist side throughout the Civil War.
After the Battle of Worcester in 1651, he helped Charles II to make
his escape but was himself captured by the Parliamentary forces and beheaded
at Bolton.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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