STANLEY, Frederick Arthur, Lord, governor of Canada, born in London, England, 15 January, 1841. He is the youngest son of the fourteenth Earl of Derby, and brother of the present earl. After receiving his education at Eton, he entered the Grenadier guards in 1858, became lieutenant and captain in 1862, and retired from tile army in 1865 He represented Preston in parliament, as a Conservative, from July, 1865, till December, 1868, when he was elected for North Lancashire. He was lord of the admiralty from August till December, 1868, and financial secretary for war from February, 1874, till August, 1877, when he became financial secretary to the treasury. On 2 April, 1878, he was appointed secretary of state for war, which portfolio he held till he went out of office with his party in April, 1880. In tile government of Lord Salisbury he was secretary of state for the colonies from, June, 1885, till February, 1886, and in the cabinet of August, 1886, he was appointed president of the board of trade, and raised to the peerage with the title of Lord Stanley of Preston. In June, 1888, he was appointed governor-general of Canada, in succession to the Marquis of Lansdowne, who had been appointed governor-general of India. In 1864 Lord Stanley married Lady Constance, eldest daughter of the fourth Earl of Clarendon. His elder brother being childless, he is heir-presumptive to the earldom of Derby.