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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby

1435 - 1504

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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of King Henry VII of England. He was the eldest son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley and Joan Goushill. A landed magnate of immense wealth and power, particularly across the northwest of England where his authority went almost unchallenged, Stanley managed to remain in favour with successive kings throughout the Wars of the Roses, including King Richard III of England, who took Stanley's son as a hostage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby is the 13,553rd most popular politician (down from 13,539th in 2019), the 3,275th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,097th in 2019) and the 454th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ranks 13,553 out of 19,576. Before him are Philipp Etter, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, Teutberga, Giuseppe Bottai, and Enoch L. Johnson. After him are L. K. Advani, Francesco Bartolozzi, Clyde Tolson, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Sin Sukju, and Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen.

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Among people born in 1435, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ranks 15. Before him are Johannes Tinctoris, Pietro Lombardo, Jacob Sprenger, Sittişah Hatun, Konstantin Mihailović, and Giovanni Santi.  Among people deceased in 1504, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ranks 12. Before him are John Corvinus, Pedro Berruguete, Alvise Vivarini, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, Mauro Codussi, and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ranks 3,276 out of 8,785. Before him are Maxim (1967), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Norman Read (1931), John Peel (1939), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), and John D. Barrow (1952). After him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Flora Sandes (1876), James Sowerby (1757), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), and John Bradley (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ranks 454. Before him are Walter Rutherford (1857), Richard Cobden (1804), Ida of Bernicia (450), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), Alex Salmond (1954), and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400). After him are William Huskisson (1770), Constance Markievicz (1868), Enoch Powell (1912), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), and Robin Cook (1946).

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