Sir Arthur Stanley (18 November 1869 – 4 November 1947) was a British

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politician,

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, and Chairman of the

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of the

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and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in England during

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and

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Biography

Arthur Stanley was born on 18 November 1869, the third son of the Hon. Frederick Stanley (later 16th

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) and Lady Constance Villiers (later Countess of Derby). He was one of ten siblings, though two did not survive childhood: his twin brother, Geoffrey, died on 16 March 1871 and his sister, Katherine Mary, died later that same year on 21 October. He relocated to

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with his family after his father was appointed

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in 1888 and became an avid

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player. He was a member of the

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, one of the first ice hockey teams in Canada, and played alongside his older brother

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(later 17th Earl of Derby). The family returned to

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in 1893 and Stanley was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in 1898, a position he held until 1918. He was Provincial Grand Master of the

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from 1902 to 1912 and had a Lodge named in his honour, he was also Chairman of the

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from 1905 to 1907 and from 1912 to 1936 and Treasurer of

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from 1917 to 1943. He had been knighted for his services in 1917, becoming GBE. Stanley served as a senior member of the British Red Cross Society throughout much of his professional career and served as Chairman of the

of the British Red Cross Society and of the Order of St John of Jerusalem throughout World War I and during World War II, 1939 to 1946. Through his work for the British Red Cross and as an MP during the First World War, Stanley was aware of the challenge to find well-trained nurses. Subsequently in 1916 Stanley became a co-founder of the College of Nursing (later

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) alongside Dame

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, Dame Sidney Browne and

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. He was appointed GCVO in 1944.
Supplement to the London Gazette
', 31 December 1943 (issue 36309), p. 7 He died, unmarried, on 4 November 1947.

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Younger sons of earls