Thomas Stanley may refer to: Politicians Thomas Stanley (fl. 1382), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (c. 1405–1459), English politician Thomas Stanley (15th-century MP), MP for Lancashire, 1433 Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, died 1571), MP for Liverpool, 1547, and Bossiney, 1558 Sir Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, died 1576) (1532/33–1576), Sheriff and MP for Lancashire, 1571 Thomas Stanley (Cheshire MP), MP for Cheshire, 1571 Thomas Stanley (Maidstone MP) (1581–1669), MP for Maidstone, 1624 and 1625 Sir Thomas Stanley of Grangegorman (1626–1674), knighted by Henry Cromwell in 1659 Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet (1670–1714), British MP for Preston, 1695–1698 Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, born 1749), MP for Lancashire, 1780–1812 Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, born 1753), MP for Lancashire, 1776–1779 Thomas B. Stanley (1890–1970), Governor of Virginia, 1954–1958 Thomas M. Stanley, American politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Others Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435–1504), English aristocrat Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (bef. 1485–1521), English aristocrat Thomas Stanley (bishop) (1510–1568), Bishop of Sodor and Man Thomas Stanley (Royal Mint) (died 1571), English officer of the Mint Thomas Stanley (author) (1625–1678), English author and translator Thomas J. Stanley (1944–2015), American author Thomas E. Stanley, Dallas-based American architect