Constituency : Cambridge 1906-10, Keighley 1911-15
Stanley took Cambridge from the Tories.
Stanley was educated at Aldenham and Oxford. He became a barrister.
Stanley was defeated in January 1910 and failed to recapture the seat in December.
Stanley supported female suffrage.
In 1911 Stanley returned to the Commons for Keighley. He became counsel to the University of Oxford. He was appointed to Solicitor-General in 1913 and comfortably retained the seat in the by-election. He was knighted at the same time.
In 1915 the Tories made the removal of Haldane as Lord Chancellor a condition of joining the wartime coalition. Stanley was chosen as his replacement and created Baron Buckmaster for the purpose. He served until Asquith's resignation in 1916.
Stanley was chairman of the Political Honours Review Committee between 1924 and 1929.
Stanley was upgraded to a viscount in 1933.
He died in 1934 aged 73.
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