his keenness and his interest in Imperial relations that he insisted on carrying out his intention to visit Canada, although even then he was suffering from the disease which has now ended fatally. Perhaps in that office he would have, for the first time, found an opportunity of showing the full extent of his powers, for those who knew him best had long recognised that he possessed to an exceptional degree the high qualities of steady judgment and sterling good sense, combined with a complete and utter selflessness and integrity of purpose." Family Lord Stanley married the Honourable Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan, daughter of Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, in 1917; they had three sons. He died in Marylebone, London, in October 1938, aged 44, predeceasing his father by ten years. His eldest son Edward succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1948. Another son, Richard, later became MP for Fylde North. Lady Stanley died in June 1969, aged 76. References External links 1894 births 1938 deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I British Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs British courtesy barons and lords of Parliament Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Grenadier Guards officers Heirs apparent who never acceded Lords of the Admiralty Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Chamberlain peacetime government, 1937–1939 People educated at Eton College Presidents of the Board of Trade Recipients of the Military Cross Edward UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945