Editing Earl of Derby (section)

===Earl of Derby (1485)===
[[File:Arms of the Earl of Derby 02666.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Armorial achievement]] of the Earls of Derby of the [[Stanley family]], 1781]]
*[[Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby]] ({{circa|1435|lk=no}}–1504)
*[[Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby]] (1477–1521)
*[[Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby]] ({{Circa|1508|lk=no}} – 1572)
*[[Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby]] (1531–1593)
*[[Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby]] (1559–1594)
*[[William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby]] (bef. 1584–1642)
*[[James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby]] (1607–1651)
*[[Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby]] (1628–1672)
*[[William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby|William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby]] (1655–1702)
*[[James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby]] (1664–1736)
*[[Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby]] (1689–1776)
*[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby]] (1752–1834)
*[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby]] (1775–1851)
*[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby]] (1799–1869)
*[[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby]] (1826–1893)
*[[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]] (1841–1908)
*[[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby|Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby]] (1865–1948)
*[[John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby|Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby]] (1918–1994)
*[[Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby|Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby]] (born 1962)

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son, Edward John Robin Stanley, Lord Stanley (born 1998).