Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
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{{Infobox noble
| name = Alice Montagu
| title = Countess of Derby
| image = File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg File:Alice Countess of Derby Impalement.png
| caption
| spouse = Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
| issue = Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley
Hon. Oliver Stanley
Lady Victoria Bullock
| father = William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester
| mother = Luise Fredericke Auguste, Countess von Alten
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1862|8|15}}
| birth_place = Westminster
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1957|7|23|1862|8|15}}
| death_place = Coworth Park
| place of burial =
}}
Alice Maud Olivia Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Montagu; 15 August 1862, Westminster – 23 July 1957, Coworth Park) was born the daughter of the 7th Duke of Manchester and his wife, Countess Louise von Alten.
Marriage
On 5 January 1889, she married Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe. Lord Stanley succeeded to his father's title of Earl of Derby in 1908, whereupon she became Countess of Derby. They had two sons and one daughter, all of whom she outlived.{{ODNBweb |last=Grieves |first=Keith |title=Stanley, Edward George Villiers, seventeenth Earl of Derby (1865–1948) |id=36243 |date=2004}} From 1901 to 1910,{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Alice was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra.
In August 1901, Lady Stanley named the battleship HMS Exmouth, built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead.{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence – HMS Exmouth |date=2 September 1901 |page=5 |issue=36549}} In April 1913, the Countess also had the honor of christening the newest and largest Cunard Company steamship, the RMS Aquitania, at Clydebank, Scotland.
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Category:People from Westminster
Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
Category:Daughters of British dukes