Sir Rt Hon. Earl Frederick Stanley KG GCVO PC GCB
(1841-1908)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Member of Parliament (1865-1868), Member of Parliament (1868-1885), Privy Counsellor (from 1878), Member of Parliament (1885-1886), 1st Baron Stanley of Preston (1886-1893), Governor General of Canada (1888-1893), 16th Earl of Derby (from 1893), and 808th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1897)
Died aged c. 67
Wikidata WikipediaFrederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908) styled as Hon. Frederick Stanley from 1844 to 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he built Stanley House Stables in England and is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup. Stanley was also one of the original inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Lord Stanley of Preston purchased the original Stanley Cup from a silversmith on this site in 1892 for the people of Canada to commemorate amateur and professional ice hockey. The cup is now in the hockey hall of fame in Toronto.
130 Regent Street, W1, London, United Kingdom where they was