1563 Arthur Stanley

Constituency : Eddisbury  1906-10

Arthur  took  Eddisbury  from  the  Tories.

Arthur  was  the  son  and  heir  of  Baron  Stanley. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Oxford  and  became  a  barrister. In  1904  he  became  a  councillor  on  the  LCC.

Arthur  came  close  to  the  inner  circles  of  power  because  his  sister  Venetia  became  a  close  confidant  of  Asquith. Arthur  became  Parliamentary Secretary  to  the  Postmaster  General  Sydney  Buxton. Otherwise  he  made  little  impression  in  Parliament.

Arthur  was  defeated  in  January  1910. He  stood  again  in  December  and  got  exactly  the  same  number  of  votes , 4.976,  as   in  January.

In  1913  Arthur  was  appointed  Governor  of  Victoria. He  served  until  1920  but  returned  to  Britain  early  through  ill  health.

In  1923  Arthur  stood  in  Knutsford  but  failed  to  take  the  seat  by  80  votes.

In  1925  Arthur  succeeded  his  father  as  Baron  Stanley, Baron  Eddisbury  and  Baron  Sheffield, an  Irish  title.  

He  died  in  1931  of  actinomycosis  aged  55.