UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 4 April 1865, London

Died: 4 February 1948

Baron Stanley - 21 April 1893

17th Earl of Derby - 14 June 1908

Knighted - 13 July 1905

Member of Privy Council - 9 October 1903

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	6 July 1895	November 1900
Financial Secretary, War Office	1901	1903
Postmaster-General	6 October 1903	10 December 1905
Under Secretary of State for War	July 1916	10 December 1916
Secretary of State for War	10 December 1916	18 April 1918
Secretary of State for War	24 October 1922	22 January 1924

8 July 1892	Westhoughton	Conservative Party	6,711	57.94
13 July 1895	Westhoughton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
5 October 1900	Westhoughton	Conservative Party	7,989	61.75
6 October 1903 Appointment of Rt Hon Lord Stanley as Postmaster-General.
24 October 1903	Westhoughton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
18 January 1906	Westhoughton	Conservative Party	6,134	39.84