Earl of Derby
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Oct 25, 2026
Danny WallaceHOST
Bill, who's from near Northampton, but now in Kidderminster, says, good morning, great leader.
Danny WallaceHOST
I think the Earl of Derby is the most likely prime minister to have had a tattoo.
Steve FerdinandoHOST
Okay.
Danny WallaceHOST
Fine.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
Still, there is no ignoring the fact that had Charles been captured he would have shared the fate of his father.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
After the defeat of Wigan, the gallant Earl of Derby sought refuge at the isolated wood-surrounded hunting lodge of Boscobell, and after remaining there concealed for two days, proceeded to Gatacre Park, now rebuilt, but then and for long after famous for its secret chambers.
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Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
he remained hidden prior to the disastrous Battle of Worcester.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
The Isle of Man is the next target, and this was the personal fiefdom of the Stanley family.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
It had been held by James Stanley, Earl of Derby, during all three civil wars.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
And it obviously had a strategic location in the Irish Channel, being between England, Ireland and Scotland.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
The Earl left his countess, Charlotte de Tremay, in charge when he left to join Charles II's army as it went through England in August 1651.
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In Derbyshire, Brusgow, Brisket, a priory of Blake Shannons of the foundation of the Earls of Derby, a mile from Latham, it standeth not very far from Duggills.
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Many of the line of the Earls of Derby lieth there.
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Holland, a priory of Blake Monks, a two miles from Wigan, the Wuttons were founders there.
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Sawley stondeth on Calder River.
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Winwick a good benefice, a five mile off, and a three from Warrington.
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Ormkirk, a three miles or five miles from Learpool, and about a two miles from Latham, a parish church in the town, no river by it, but mosses off each side.
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Latham, most part of Stone, the chiefest house of the earls of Derby, two miles from Ormskirk.
Samuel HumeHOST
Thank you to my House of Lords, which has been joined by Earl Barsberg, Earl Nathan Bennett, and Earl G.
Samuel HumeHOST
They joined the illustrious ranks of supporters who help keep this podcast going, including the King's favourite Mike Sanders, Harold Hanson, Duke of Hanson, Mary Jean Andres, Marchioness of Cardigan, and James Fee, Earl of Derby.
Samuel HumeHOST
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Lee EvansHOST
He was actually a man who seemingly really enjoyed the high life.
Lee EvansHOST
A little bit of perhaps socialism for the masses, but... borderline aristocratic living for himself and one example of that is when he ends up going to white to this private members club one evening and there are members in white who do not like this one bit and as the daily telegraph reported it the vermin seize their opportunity to teach the bounder bevan a lesson and the key figure in this is somebody called fox strangways who is was described by Hugh Stanley, who was the brother of the Earl of Derby, as, quote, rather hot-tempered, and you might call him a bit of a firebrand.
Lee EvansHOST
Well, you might, because when they see Bevan in whites, they decide that they can't tolerate this.
Lee EvansHOST
And so as Bevan and his host, a club member called Sir John Slessor, as they're walking down the club steps, Fox Strangways approaches him from behind, kicks him, kicks him on the backside, from what I can make out of the accounts, and tries to push him down the stairs towards his car.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
John Earl of Shrobsbury had two sons, George and Thomas.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
thomas died without issue george earle had to wife the daughter of the lord hastings that was beheaded in the tower and had divers men and women children the late earl of cumberland married margaret george's daughter and another was married to the last earl of northumberland the lord dacus married another francis now earl of shrewsbury the old lord hastings that was beheaded in the town had a son lord hastings that had to wife the daughter and heir of the lord hungerford the old lord hastings also had a son called richard a knight that married the lady william also was son to the old lord hastings the old lord hastings had also a daughter that was wife to george earl of shrewsbury hastings lord hastings the old lord hastings son and heir had by her lord hastings now earl of huntingdon he had also a daughter wife to the earl of derby mother to the earl of derby now living hastings earl of huntingdon had to wife anne daughter of the duke of buckingham beheaded at sarsbury the other daughter of this duke of buckingham was the first wife to the lord fitzwalter Hastings, son and heir to the Earl of Huntingdon, married the late Lord Montacute's daughter.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
The Lord Stafford married the Lord Montacute's sister.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
The Duke of York's son, called Edward, never took greater name at the beginning of his wars against King Henry VI but the name of the Earl of March, until that one par brought him a fifteen hundred men to go with him to, missing words, field, and proclaimed him as he went for king.
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Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Whittington, a castle of the Lord Fitzwarren's, six miles from Shrewsbury, upward almost on seven, and by this goeth off as ditch.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Shrewardine, four miles from Shrewsbury, longing to the Earl of Arundel, two miles from Whittington, betwixt Shrewsbury and it.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
red castle by whitchurch alate the lord audley's eight miles plain north from shrewsbury now all ruinous it hath been strong and hath decayed many a day middle castle longing to the lord of derby three miles from shrewsbury very ruinous morton corbet in a marsh four miles from shrewsbury by north longing to the corbets Knocking Castle in Shropshire, now a ruinous thing, longed to the Lord Lestrange, and now to the Earl of Derby.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Charlton Castle on Turn, longing to the Lord Poyce, six miles from Shrewsbury, and a mile from Turn Village.
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Hastings, Lord Hastings, the old Lord Hastings' son and heir, had by her Lord Hastings, now Earl of Huntingdon.
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He had also a daughter, wife to the Earl of Derby, mother to the Earl of Derby now living.
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Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, had to wife Anne, daughter of the Duke of Buckingham, beheaded at Salisbury.
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The other daughter of this Duke of Buckingham was the first wife to the Lord Fitzwalter.
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Middle Castle longing to the Lord of Derby, three miles from Shrewsbury, very ruinous.
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Morton Corbet in a marsh, four miles from Shrewsbury by north, longing to the Corbets.
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Knockin Castle in Shropshire, now a ruinous thing, long to the Lord Le Strange and now to the Earl of Derby.
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Chorleton Castle on Tern, longing to the Lord Poys, six miles from Shrewsbury and a mile from Tern village.
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Moles, however, are said to be excellent drainers of land, and Mr. Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd, used to declare that if a hundred men and horses were employed to dress a pasture farm of fifteen hundred or two thousand acres, they would not do it as effectually as moles would do it if left to themselves.
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The late Earl of Derby possessed a small deserted island in the Loch of Cluny, a hundred eighty yards from the mainland, and as proof that moles swim well, a number of them crossed the water and took possession of this place.
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They are said to be dragged as beavers are by their companions, who lay hold of their tail and pull them along while they lie on their backs, embracing a quantity of soil dug out in forming their runs.
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The fur of the mole is very short, fine, and close, and is as smooth and soft as Genoa velvet.
David MartinNARRATOR
The fashion of sending boys to our great public schools did not set in until the seventies.
David MartinNARRATOR
Such was the condition of intellectual life when, in 1880, the Liverpool University College was established, mainly through the efforts of the late Earl of Derby, William Rathbone, Christopher Bushell, E.K. Muspratt, David Jardine, Sir Edward Lawrence, Robert Gladstone, Mr. Muspratt, Sir John Brunner, John Rankin, and William Johnston.
David MartinNARRATOR
The first principal, Dr. Rendell, rendered excellent service in these early struggling years, which were happily followed by still greater and even more successful efforts under Vice-Chancellor Dale, resulting in the granting of a royal charter in 1903 and the founding of a university.
David MartinNARRATOR
The Earl of Derby became Chancellor, and Dr. Dale Vice-Chancellor.
David MartinNARRATOR
The university has been nobly and generously supported by Liverpool men.
David MartinNARRATOR
Indeed, a reference to the calendar fills me with surprise that so much could have been accomplished within such a brief period.
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David MartinNARRATOR
Thus from the earliest days these three institutions have been linked together.
David MartinNARRATOR
Sir William Brown provided the funds for erection of the library and museum in William Brown Street.
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