Hon. Richard Oliver Stanley (29 January 1920 – 15 November 1983) was a British

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 Conservative Party

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 Member of Parliament

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. He represented North Fylde

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 from 1950

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 until he stood down at the 1966 general election

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. He was from a powerful family, and was related to several Victorian Prime Ministers (Derby

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

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, Salisbury

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

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, Rosebery

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

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, and Balfour

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) and various other statesmen (the 15th

Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

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, 16th

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

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, and 17th

Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

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 Earls of Derby

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, Clarendon

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

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, Hartington

Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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 and Oliver Stanley

Oliver Stanley

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). His father, Lord Stanley

Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894-1938)

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, had represented Fylde

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 from 1922 to 1938.

His successor was Sir Walter Clegg

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