William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

E171921
Earl of Derby English nobleman patron of the arts

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, was an English nobleman and patron of the arts in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, sometimes speculatively linked to authorship theories surrounding Shakespeare's works.

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William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl of Derby ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
activityEndCentury 17th century ⓘ
activityStartCentury 16th century ⓘ
aristocraticTitle Earl of Derby ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England
associatedWith Shakespeare authorship question ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
era English Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan era

Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era
familyName Stanley ⓘ
father Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby ⓘ
fieldOfActivity courtly culture ⓘ
patronage networks in early modern England ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
hasRelative Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby ⓘ
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords of England
memberOfNobleFamily Stanley family ⓘ
mother Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby ⓘ
surface form: Lady Margaret Clifford
nobleFamily Stanley family ⓘ
nobleRank earl ⓘ
nobleTitle 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ
notableFor association with Shakespeare authorship theories ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
occupation nobleman ⓘ
patron ⓘ
patronOf literature ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
politicalAlignment English monarchy ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence England ⓘ
socialClass English peerage ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby ⓘ
titleHeld Lord of Mann ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Stanley family → hasMember → William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby → child → William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby → successor → William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby → father → William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby → predecessor → William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby → father → William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby ⓘ