Baron Stanley

{{Short description|Title in the Peerage of England}}

{{distinguish|Baron Stanley of Alderley}}

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Baron Stanley is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1456 for Sir Thomas Stanley. His son was created Earl of Derby in 1485 and the titles remained united until the death of the fifth earl, without male heirs in 1594, when the barony became abeyant.{{cite book|last1=Cokayne|first1=George Edward|title=The Complete Peerage|date=1896|pages=237–239|url=https://archive.org/stream/completepeerage07cokahrish/TN-313027_7#page/n237/mode/2up|access-date=18 May 2018}} On 7 March 1921, the abeyance was terminated in favour of the 12th Countess of Loudoun,{{London Gazette |issue=32250 |date=8 March 1921 | page=1897 |endpage= |supp=}} but upon her death in 1960, it became abeyant among her daughters.{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link= Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 2407|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}