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Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

フレデリック・スタンリー　/　ふれでりっく・すたんりー

Ice hockey player from United Kingdom

January 15, 1841 – June 14, 1908　・　London, United Kingdom

ice hockey player
politician
aristocrat

My Take

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, is a delicious historical irony. Born in London in 1841, he was a Conservative politician, Colonial Secretary, and Governor General of Canada, decorated with the Order of the Garter, yet his most enduring legacy is donating a hockey trophy. The Stanley Cup outlives nearly all his political achievements, and I find that wonderful. An aristocrat who accidentally seeded North American sports culture for over a century says something about how legacy ignores rank. I have a soft spot for people whose hobby, not their office, ends up writing their name into living memory.

Overview

Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (known as Hon. Frederick Stanley until 1886 and Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886–1893; 15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908) 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Name (Japanese): フレデリック・スタンリー
Reading: ふれでりっく・すたんりー
Born: January 15, 1841 – June 14, 1908
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Ox
Origin: London, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: ice hockey player / politician / aristocrat

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Eton College

Awards & achievements

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Order of the Garter
Hockey Hall of Fame
1890 honorary doctorate at the Laval University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%20(%E7%AC%AC16%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)

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