Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of

Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of

▪ English commander
also called  (until 1642) Baron Strange,  byname  Great Earl Of Derby 
born Jan. 31, 1607, Knowsley, Lancashire, Eng.
died Oct. 15, 1651, Bolton, Lancashire

      prominent Royalist commander in the English Civil War, who was executed by the Parliamentarians.

      Eldest son of William, the 6th earl, he was returned to Parliament for Liverpool in 1625 and on March 7, 1628, entered the House of Lords as Baron Strange. When the Civil War broke out in 1642, Lord Strange devoted himself to the cause of King Charles I, fighting chiefly in Lancashire. After several defeats he left for the Isle of Man in June 1643 to deal with the disturbances that had broken out there, and in the summer of 1644 he took part in Prince Rupert's successful campaign in the north. He followed Rupert to Marston Moor and, after the complete defeat of Charles's cause in the north, withdrew to the Isle of Man, where he held out for the King and offered an asylum to Royalist fugitives.

      By the death of his father on Sept. 29, 1642, he had succeeded to the earldom, and on Jan. 12, 1650, was chosen by Charles II to command the forces of Cheshire and Lancashire in the proposed Royalist rising. On Aug. 15, 1651, he landed at Wyre Water in Lancashire but on August 25 was totally defeated at Wigan, being severely wounded and escaping with difficulty. He joined Charles at Worcester; after the battle he accompanied him to Boscobel and, while on his way north alone, was captured near Nantwich, court-martialed at Chester on September 29, and condemned to death. When his appeal for pardon to Parliament was rejected, though supported by Oliver Cromwell, he endeavoured to escape but was recaptured and executed at Bolton. His eldest son, Charles (1628–72), succeeded him as 8th earl.

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