Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Stanley, Henry Edward John
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley; snd Baron Eddisbury
2nd Baron Eddisbury
Stanley, Abdul Rahman
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1827-1903
History
Henry Edward John Stanley, also known as Abdul Rahman Stanley, was a British nobleman and historian who translated The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan and other works from the Age of Discovery. A convert to Island, in 1869 Lord Stanley became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords