Oliver Stanley was the second son of Edward Oliver Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, by his wife Lady Alice, daughter of William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester.
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11 Facts About Oliver Stanley
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Oliver Stanley achieved the rank of captain, and won both the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre.
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Oliver Stanley soon came to the attention of the Conservative leaders and held a number of posts in the National Government of the 1930s.
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In May 1938 whilst President of the Board of Trade he achieved a rare distinction in British politics when his brother Lord Oliver Stanley became Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs – a rare example of two brothers sitting in the same Cabinet, more so as their father, a former Conservative minister, was still alive.
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In January 1940 Oliver Stanley was appointed Secretary of State for War after the previous incumbent, Leslie Hore-Belisha, had been sacked after falling out with the leading officers.
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Oliver Stanley succeeded his father as Chancellor of the University of Liverpool.
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Oliver Stanley was one of the most gifted men of the century, and would have made a very great Prime Minister.
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Oliver Stanley was as brilliant a conversationalist as a public speaker.
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Oliver Stanley married Lady Maureen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, daughter of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, and the Hon.
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Oliver Stanley survived her by eight years and died in December 1950, aged 54.
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